Ragnar Holen

On a small green island out in the sea, they live in harmony - until a stranger comes. Like a hurricane this rocks the small society, and a killing lets all hidden forces loose.

Un homme disparaît sans laisser de traces. Son amante, une politicienne mariée, contacte discrètement le détective privé Varg Veum afin de solliciter son aide. Ce dernier retrouve son amant assassiné, et le mari de la politicienne est arrêté pour ce meurtre. Cependant, il s'agit selon Varg d'une erreur judiciaire et le detective s'implique dans une affaire de meurtre qui dépasse largement les frontières norvégiennes, avec des adversaires qui ne reculeront devant rien.

Helmer is hunting moose in Trøndelag. He is suspected of manslaughter after a hunting team has discovered that a shot was fired with Helmer's rifle.

Mika encourages his lover and management partner in Oslo's leading virtual bookshop, Annika Sörenbrandt to return to her fjord home village Fjærland to help her 25 years-estranged mother Pernille who is disabled by a fall from running the country's oldest paper books shop with her second partner. Thus Annika discovers her illegitimate half-brother Henrik still loves at home, suffering from a severe autistic condition. The siblings bond, yet Annika isn't ready to forgive Pernille's adultery and choosing Henrik over her, as her late father refused to stay with the bastard. Henrik insists to join her a while back to Oslo, professionally minded by Ole.