Detective Sanne Jensen is living in self-imposed isolation and quietly falling apart, while Dr. Meg FieldingтАФSanneтАЩs best friend and occasional loverтАФis struggling to cope with her violent brother, who is back in town and demanding money that she doesnтАЩt have.
When the murder of a drug addict is dumped onto SanneтАЩs already unmanageable caseload, she suspects the death may be the start of something more sinister. But how can she investigate a crime when no one cares about the victim? And how can she stop a killer who has no identity, no motive, and no conscience?