Kirunna is the home of many persons who have something to conceal; and suddenly the white snow will turn red. On the floor of a church in Kiruna, the body of Viktor Strandgard, Sweden's most famous preacher, lies mutilated and defiled in the night sky, the aurora borealis dances as the snow begins to fall... The victim's sister has found the body, this turns her into the crime's prime suspect. Desperate, she calls for help from her friend from her youth, attorney Rebecka Martinsson, who currently resides in Stockholm but who decides to return to her hometown to unmask the killer. During the investigation, Rebecka is only able to get help from a peculiar law enforcement officer, Anna-Maria Mella, a very intelligent (and pregnant) policewoman.