A Church in the glittering frozen wastes of northern Sweden, inside, a sacrifice: the body of a man - slashed to pieces, hands severed, eyes gouged out.
The victim’s sister, Sanna, is first to discover the body and immediately finds herself the police’s only suspect. Terrified and confused, she calls on a friend: hot shot city lawyer Rebecka Martinsson.
Rebecka hardly wants to return to Kiruna - the small town she fled in disgrace years ago. But Sanna is frightened and she needs a loyal friend to clear her name. Someone not scared to dig deep and find the true killers.....