Under the endless blue vault of Greenland's arctic sky the body of a girl is discovered. Half-naked and bound, her mouth smeared with red lipstick, she has lain alone, frozen in the ice, undisturbed for twenty-five years. When Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen flies in from Copenhagen to investigate, the details of her icy grave trigger a dark memory. This is not the first time he has pursued this murderer. Back in Denmark, long-buried evidence surfaces revealing truths that some would rather stayed forgotten - and suddenly Simonsen's team finds powerful forces are working against them.