Chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the mystery of politician Merete Lynggaard's disappearance--a search that takes them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia.—Zentropa Productions
Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.