When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods just outside Fjällbacka, the community is horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing from the exact same spot, and was later discovered, murdered. Detective Patrik Hedström starts investigating, with his wife, bestselling crime writer Erica Falck, by his side. But as they dig deeper the truth becomes ever murkier, because it seems that everyone in the tight-knit community is hiding something.