Rebecca Nord has been investigating murders for more than a year, and little can throw her off. But the latest case—her own father—was killed under very strange circumstances. Everything looks like suicide, but in reality it turns out to be a horrific, sophisticated staged scenario. To gather evidence, Rebecca travels to a remote town thousands of kilometers from the capital. There, snow caves, an unexpected reunion with a longtime lover, and the bloody, tangled details of their shared past await her.