A solitary tent is found containing the body of a half-buried woman. She's been stoned to death. There are lash marks across her back. One of her hands has been cut off. Two years earlier Henning Juul lost his son in a domestic fire. Returning to work, physically and emotionally scarred, Henning struggles to overcome his past and be taken seriously again as a reporter - by his colleagues, his ex-wife and the police. A mystery ignited: Investigating the woman in the tent, Henning becomes convinced that the story is more complex than the police think.