Carina Silvén, pregnant and newly turned widow, lives in Vibble south of Visby.
In the neighborhood every dog is brutally put to death and in the end, even hers. Carina is no longer alone. Someone is hiding in her house, drugs her and play games with her mind.
A few weeks later Carina is reported missing and the case ends up in the hands of superintendent Bengt Widén. At first it is a "normal disappearance", but soon a recording arrives that shake the police officers to the core.
The Visby police department's competence is tested to its limits, neighbor after neighbor is being questioned. Each with more secrets than the other, even two officers are having an affair behind the their colleagues' backs.
But the clock is ticking...
Tick tock, tick tock.
When you think that you are alone the dangers may lurk near you...
Right behind you!
