An idyllic farm outside Fjällbacka, on the edge of the forest. A happy family. A sunny summer day. Nothing foreshadows that in a few hours everything will be overturned. The news of the disappearance of four-year-old Nia strikes like lightning in the local community and reawakens the nightmare. From the same farm thirty years ago, a girl of the same age, Stella, had disappeared and was later found murdered. Two thirteen-year-old friends were convicted of her murder. One still lives in Fjällbacka, where she has managed to build a quiet life, while the other, now a famous Hollywood star, has returned to the fishing village for the first time since the murder. Could the two cases be connected? Could the police investigations be influenced by Erica's investigation into the "Stella" case? Could the root of the evil lie even deeper in the past?