Thorkild Aske, once an interrogation specialist and internal investigator for the Norwegian police, is persuaded to assist the renowned crime author Milla Lind with her research. Lind's former advisor, also a former police officer, died while working on Milla's latest project. The book is based on real events: two young girls mysteriously disappeared from a youth home. Soon, Aske realizes that nothing is as it seems. Neither the girls' disappearance nor Milla's book project, nor the death of the man whose work he has taken over. When his own life is put in danger, Aske is ready to defend it at all costs.