Detective Karen Eiken Hornby is one of the few female police officers on the remote island of Doggerland. She returned home from London years ago, but avoids visiting Noorö, and her father's wayward family. On Christmas Day a body is found on Noorö, and only Karen is available to investigate. Another body is found on New Year's Eve, and it seems her family may be involved. The bestselling Swedish police procedural that has taken the world by storm.