A dark autumn evening a young girl disappears without a trace on Santahamina. Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson from the Nacka police is involved in the search,but it is hampered by storms and rain. After a few days gives the police up. It is believed that the girl drowned, she killed herself. A few months later Santahamina is covered in snow and ice. Thomas's childhood friend Nora Linde has by chance found out that her husband had been unfaithful. Heartbroken, she goes out to the island with her sons to think in peace and quiet. When kids play in the woods, they make a macabre discovery. It is the förvunna girl and she has been murdered and desecrated in a terrible way. Why has she been exposed to such a rage?