A dead woman carelessly sunk in a lake. A man who holds all the strings. And an investigator who dislikes dead bodies. Bordertown. "I don't like dead bodies." Commissioner Sorjonen - a brilliant investigator who struggles not only with the dead but also with the living - is transferred to the tranquil town of Lappeenranta on the Russian border. He hopes for more time with his family and fewer murders that burn deeper into him with each case. But shortly after his arrival, a Russian girl is found lifeless; she lies there like a doll, naked and pale. And it quickly becomes clear to Sorjonen: where she came from, others are in danger as well. Just after meeting his new colleagues, Sorjonen finds himself staring at a dead girl washed up on the shore of the idyllic Saimaa Lake. The cause of death: an overdose of narcotics.