"She had hidden the long knitting needle in her jacket sleeve. Death was in her hands. And hidden in her mind was the story of the life that had been taken from her." For generations, the small Faroese coastal town of Norðvík has been a sworn community. But a cruelly committed murder shakes the religious inhabitants to their foundations. The victim's countless misdemeanours unleash a deep-seated hatred and reveal the dark entanglements that lie behind the island community.