Article 13199 of the Pan-European Constitution: 'No person shall be prejudiced from employment in any capacity, at any level, by reason of age, race, creed or incompetence.' In a united Europe of the near future, incompetence is not an option - it's compulsory. You can't be fired for being bad at your job. But the rules don't apply to the psychopath who's leaving a trail of corpses across the continent. He's very competent indeed. And so, down these mean, incredibly badly sign-posted streets, one detective must thread his way through a maze of blind nightclub bouncers, octogenarian male bunny girls and airline pilots with vertigo. In search of a killer. In search of the truth. In search of a decent plumber.