The body of Katrina Bratterud, a former prostitute and drug addict who had been finishing her rehabilitation course at the Winterhagen medical center, is found. It looks like the girl was the victim of a rapist. The killer could be any of the center’s staff with whom Katrina spent the previous evening—and one of her boyfriends, current or former. But Inspector Gunnarstranna isn’t inclined to trust the explanations on the surface. He begins an investigation while keeping in mind motives and circumstances that point back to the Bratterud family’s dark past. However, reality turns out to be far worse…