It all begins with a fateful mix-up. By mistake, the deceased white music teacher Theresa Le Roux ends up on the autopsy table instead of at the crematorium. The result: there can be no talk of a natural death, as stated in the death certificate; the young woman was murdered. Lieutenant Tromp Kramer, along with Bantu Sergeant Mickey Zondi, takes on the investigation. Did Theresa really only give harmless music lessons in her small town? The investigations uncover a tragedy that could only occur in South Africa under the apartheid regime.