
Policeman Salmander loses his job in Oslo and must spend dismissal time in Hellfjord, a shit hole of a place far north in the country. As soon as he arrives, strange things start to happen in Hellfjord, and the seemingly quiet place turns out to conceal dark secrets.
The transferred policeman Salmander just found a dead body on the island and quickly becomes convinced that there is talk of a murder. There are several suspicious people in the community, but as an alien and southerner he gets little help from the locals.