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Clara and Henrik are married and living in a beautiful inherited villa in Oslo. She is a single-mindedly ambitious child-rights activist at the Ministry of Justice. Having grown up in rural Western Norway, she is also an Oslo outsider. Henrik is a doctor from a well-to-do Oslo family. Though their marriage is under serious strain, they share a devotion to their twin sons and their work. Then a Pakistani Norwegian child is admitted to Henrik’s hospital and dies in his care. The boy had clearly been the victim of child abuse. Soon after, a related murder rocks the city.

As Norway’s newly appointed minister of justice, child-rights advocate Clara Lofthus has a chance to accomplish something meaningful on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society. It couldn’t be more personal. After her husband’s death, she is the sole caretaker of her twin sons, Andreas and Nikolai. She’s also still haunted by her own traumatic childhood—and the lengths to which she was willing to go to pursue her own brand of vigilante justice. How far? No one ever needs to know. And this is just one of Clara’s secrets.

Clara y Haavard viven en uno de los barrios más elegantes de Oslo y tienen dos hijos gemelos. Haavard, que proviene de una familia de clase alta, es pediatra en un hospital de Oslo; Clara se crio en una pequeña localidad de la zona de los fiordos de la que se marchó para estudiar Derecho en la capital. Trabaja como asesora en el Ministerio de Justicia. Pero, en realidad, su matrimonio no es tan idílico como parece.

Ein kleiner Junge wird bewusstlos in eine Klinik in Oslo eingeliefert, er stirbt kurz darauf an den Folgen seiner Verletzungen. Der diensthabende Arzt Haavard ist überzeugt, dass der Junge misshandelt wurde. Bevor die Polizei die Eltern, pakistanische Einwanderer, vernehmen kann, wird der Vater des Jungen erschossen aufgefunden. Im Gebetsraum der Klinik. Ein Mord aus Fremdenhass?