A Red Cross nurse gets a call from a friend to pick up something in a public locker at the Copenhagen train station, Nina is stunned to find a suitcase with a naked and drugged 3 year old boy. Nina a nurse and one who needs to help sets out to find who and where the boy is from.
Karin the friend who asked for help is then found murdered and Nina realizes that she and her family may be in danger. Nina then takes over on a trek across Denmark to find the answer, yet another well written Scandanavian mystery.