The third case for Anne Holt's star investigator Selma Falck Selma Falck is sitting with two friends in front of a café when suddenly a shot is fired. Selma is only lightly grazed, but Linda, a member of parliament, is fatally affected. Linda's relative anonymity leads everyone to suspect that Selma was the real target of the assassination. She herself also assumes this - especially since she has had a stalker for some time who secretly gains access to her apartment. But then there are more victims, and Selma encounters a confusing mixture of abuse of power, conspiracies and personal tragedies. And last but not least, an ice-cold revenge that seems unstoppable.