When Mihalis Volandes, from an elite family on the island of Lesvos, is murdered and a refugee-turned-local-aid-worker stands accused of the crime, Athens Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis is called in to investigate and is drawn into the lucrative refugee-trafficking trade between Turkey and Lesvos.

"FBI Agent Sara Carter is mourning the fact that her father was killed trying to stop the abduction of her half sister years before. It's the reason she became a police officer and the reason for her robust policing style. When that style becomes a problem for her resident agent in charge, she is forced to accept a secondment to Interpol in East Timor. There she is assigned to investigate the abduction of babies in the mountains along the country's...