Shocked to discover a Nazi medal among her late mother''s possessions, crime writer Erica Falck resolves to dig into her family''s past and uncover the reasons why. At the home of a retired history teacher who was among her mother''s circle of friends during the Second World War, her questions are met with bizarre and evasive answers. Two days later he meets a violent death. Who would kill so ruthlessly to bury secrets so old?