Just one more day - then, Cornelia believes, her suffering will come to an end. She will move out of her house with Astrid, her six-year-old daughter, and finally leave Hans, her violent husband. But in the morning, she finds Hans dead in the guest room. Emma Sköld, heavily pregnant and very ambitious, takes on the case: For her, Cornelia is the prime suspect, but there is also another lead: Little Astrid claims to have seen a man beside her bed at night who stroked her. Sofie Sarenbrant - the new crime star from Sweden - with her own distinctive voice and unique characters.