The picturesque Fjällbacka has been tested by tragedies in the past, but nothing has shaken it as much as the body of a little girl in a fisherman's net. The autopsy results are shocking - it was no accident. Inspector Patrik Hedström, who has just become a father, takes on the sad task of discovering who is behind the premeditated murder of a child, whom both he and his partner Erica knew very well. He knows that the answer lies in the why. However, he does not know that this case will lead him to a dive into the dark core of Fjällbacka and the town's past, a journey that will forever shatter its idyllic appearance.