Varg Veum is summoned by inspector Hamre to a hostage drama on a farm outside Bergen. A married couple have been brutally murdered, and all evidence points to their foster son, 16 year old Jan Egil.
Karin wants her sister Siren, a prostitute, to come home to say goodbye to their terminally ill mother. Varg and Karin attract the wrong attention when they kidnap the high Siren to bring her home.
