An excavator falls over the edge of a cliff in the Fell Mountains, with a young man named Snorri trapped inside. Detective Helgi Marvinsson is brought in as an expert to assist the local police. As the investigation unravels, mysteries begin to be unveiled that reverberate and shock the once peaceful rural community.

Snorri’s death shakes the town and to the detectives, there’s more than meets the eye. Helgi and Inga question the hospital staff and their poor results. One staff member believes he saw a woman entering the Intensive Care Unit around the time of Snorri’s death.

An explosives expert suffers a violent demise in what initially appears to be an accident. It makes, however, big headlines in the press, putting more pressure on Helgi and Inga to wrap up their investigation. Meanwhile, it is discovered that the mobile Snorri was called from, belongs to a shipment sold locally, leading to the discovery that the owner probably lives in the area.