Adaptation of Ian Rankin's novel. Businessman Mike Mackenzie is incensed by wealthy patrons hiding works of art away in private collections. After an evening's drinking with his close friends, art expert Professor Gissing and banker Allan Cruickshank, the trio devise a plan to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the country - Edinburgh's private art collection owned by a national bank. By swapping priceless masterpieces stored in the gallery's warehouse with brilliantly accurate forgeries Mike aims to save the paintings and win back Laura Stanton, the girl who broke his heart five years ago. But will the heist go to plan?