What secret would you kill to protect?
When Hedda Hellberg vanishes on a supposed retreat in Italy, her husband uncovers a twisted mystery—Hedda never left Oslo. As the pieces unravel, she’s tied to the murder of an old man deep in the Swedish forests. Henning Juul, a journalist still reeling from the death of his son, joins the search with his ex-wife.
Together, they plunge into the shadowy secrets of a wealthy Swedish family, where personal pain intersects with a dangerous conspiracy. As the threat closes in, Juul risks everything to uncover a maze of secrets leading to a dark chapter in European history.
But how far will he go when their own lives are on the line?
