Trying to find inspiration in his mother's native village, author of detective novels David Rousseau finds himself investigating a most peculiar serial killer....
On a beautiful summer day, Sven is hiking with his family and loses his niece in the forest while they are playing hide and seek. He finds the girl drowning in the lake below and rescues her from the brink. Relieved, he holds her tightly to him just as Astrid, the au pair, appears....