Julie Schneeberg, an internationally renowned crime author, draws upon a dark chapter of her life in her new thriller: At the age of seventeen, she witnessed the violent death of her siblings. The family tragedy triggered by her stepfather also destroyed her relationship with her mother, Dana, leading to a complete breakdown in communication between them. Dana, a failed actress, escaped to Berlin, started a new life with another partner, and successfully built a TV career under the name Dana Karneol. Meanwhile, her daughter withdrew more and more into herself and her writing after a lesbian affair. Until her thriller awakens the shadows of the past...