After two parents report that their 12-year-old daughter Asunta is missing, the investigation soon turns against them.
Victor Genovés, an influential businessman, is blackmailed: if he doesn't agree to pay a large sum of money, the self-styled Midas favorites will kill a person at random at a designated place and time and add a new victim periodically until they achieve their goal. How many deaths will he be able to carry on his shoulders?
It takes place in the Galicia (Spain) of the 80s, when the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.
One morning, the body of a sailor is found lying on the beach, washed in by the tide.. With no witnesses or any sign of the dead man’s boat, Inspector Leo Caldas begins immersing himself in the town’s seafaring atmosphere as he endeavours to shed light on the crime. He finds himself among men and women who prefer not to reveal their suspicions to him. But a sudden discovery sets him off in an unexpected direction.
Marina Velasco, tenacious and experienced inspector of the National Police, comes from Madrid to deal with the case of the robbery of the Codex Calixtinus. Although it has the help of the local forces (the relentless Judge Casal and his team) the mission is not easy. It will be a race against the clock full of obstacles and marked by the pressures of the Government and the Church. At the same time, Natalia and Lazarus, two journalists from a local newspaper in crisis, come to the investigation of the theft to get an interesting exclusive that saves their jobs.
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