Detective Hilda Herr Mazd and Ter are sent to the isolated island of Ilikai to investigate the death of a young girl, but she finds similarities with a previous case, the murder of a young woman ten years ago in an isolated house in the Western Fjords, which caused her colleague to be promoted to chief.
Four old friends visit the island, but only three return. What secrets are they hiding? Is there a sick killer among them who is killing again? Is there a connection between the death of the girl on the island and the murder ten years ago?
The novel takes place ten years before the first part, after the death of Hilda's husband, daughter and mother, as Hilda searches for her unknown father, because her mother never wanted to talk about him.
Between the enchanting Icelandic nature, complex human souls, and the mysterious secrets of a tragic accident, the novel is an eerie, intense, and suspenseful novel about magic, madness, and mystery.
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