A dead woman floats ashore at Tjuvholmen, and Lars Haaland has to investigate with his new partner: Alfhildr Enginnsdottir from the Viking Age.

The investigation leads Lars and Alfhildr down into Oslo's new and multitemporal criminal underworld.

Lars and Alfhildr finds a new main suspect in the Tjuvholmen cuddle: a rich entrepreneur from the Stone Age.

When Lars's daughter is involved in a mysterious accident at sea, Alfhildr has to seek Norse help to continue the investigation.

In the hunt for answers in the Tjuvholmen case, Lars becomes his own worst enemy.

The hunt for the Tjuvholmen hugger is coming to an end, and Alfhildr must face a hard truth.