A quiet, gripping crime novel set in the cathedral city. Young mother Romy finds herself facing the shattered remains of her existence: threatened by homelessness, she steals a small van in the Bergisches Land out of desperation to live in it. Unbeknownst to her, she is maneuvering herself and her young son into a dangerous situation. She is unaware of the murder cases being investigated by Cologne detectives Maline Brass and Lou Vanheyden, but through her theft, Romy finds herself in immediate mortal danger.