Icelandic sisters รrรณra and รsafold live in different countries and arenโt on speaking terms, but when their mother loses contact with รsafold, รrรณra reluctantly returns to Iceland to find her sister. But she soon realises that her sister isnโt avoiding her . . . she has disappeared. As she confronts รsafoldโs abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend Bjรถrn, and begins to probe her sisterโs reclusive neighbours, รrรณra is led into an ever-darker web of intrigue and manipulation. Baffled by the conflicting details of her sisterโs life, and blinded by the shiveringly bright midnight sun of the Icelandic summer, รrรณra enlists the help of police officer Danรญel, as she tries to track her sisterโs movements, and begins to tail Bjรถrn - but she isnโt the only one watching . . .