Maria (34), a young writer who has just become a mother, is obsessed with a scandalous event: Alice Espanet (37) has drowned her 10-month-old twins in the bathtub. Writing about Alice will be Maria's only way to understand the radical experience of her own motherhood.
When Smilla's young neighbour tragically dies after falling from the roof, the police quickly dismiss the death as an accident. Determined to uncover the truth, Smilla embarks on her own investigation.
