Helka Karhu

A small town is terrorized by a serial killer. Lauri finds a dead body on his way to the university, reports it to the police and gets tormented by an obsessed police officer. At the same time Lauri's old friend returns to town.

Traumatized Niina needs a change of scenery and a moment of escape from the world. Together with her friend Suvi, they rent a villa in the countryside. Soon the women find they are not welcome, and it doesn't help that they find themselves in the middle of fateful twists and turns and unwittingly become involved in a mysterious ancient cult. One night, a ragtag group of ancient pagan worshiping locals invade the villa to demand reparations for the women's actions and to perform their rituals. Having survived the atrocities, Niina begins to gather her strength with only one goal in mind - revenge!

Helsinki in the summer is shown differently through the eyes of the homicide unit detectives, Timo Harjunpää and Onerva Nykänen; painting a picture of the city where people are not safe in the streets or not even in their own homes. In the midst of the hard crimes it is impossible not to feel the constant worry about your own family while being afraid of losing touch with your children.