At fifty-nine years old, Valdemar Roos is tired of life. Working a job he hates, with a wife he barely talks to and two step-daughters he doesn´t get on with, he doesn´t have a lot to look forward to. Then, one day, a winning lottery ticket gives him an opportunity to start afresh.
Without telling a soul, he quits his job and buys a hut in the remote Swedish countryside. Every day he travels down to this man-made oasis, returning each evening to his unsuspecting wife. Life couldn´t be better, until a young woman arrives in paradise . . .
Anna Gambowska is a twenty-one-year-old recovering drug addict. On the run from the rehab centre she hated and an abusive relationship she can´t go back to, all Anna´s prayers are answered when she comes across a seemingly vacant hut in the Swedish woodland. But it´s not long before Anna´s ex discovers her location, and an incident occurs that will mar the lives of both Anna and Valdemar forever.
Inspector Barbarotti doesn´t take much interest when a woman reports her husband as missing. That is, until a dead body is found near the missing man´s newly-bought hut, and Mr Roos becomes the number one murder suspect . . .