In a remote mountain cabin in the Italian Alps, three bodies are found. They've been horribly murdered and laid out like a painting. Called in to investigate is Deputy Commissioner Adam Soelder. But a lot of things turn out to be out of the ordinary.
I'll help you
Criminologist Johan Ressler, an expert in the profiling of serial killers, decides to help Adam. The link between the two is Lisa, Adam's former love, who is now Ressler's girlfriend.
Murder after murder
Soon new elements begin to emerge in the investigation, and past murders begin to match the one at the cabin in Italy. Adam and Ressler analyze the new findings, connect the dots between several similar crimes that have occurred in the alpine valleys, and trace the trail back to a man that Ressler knows very well.
Cain
The doctor Adam and Ressler visit has a history of experimenting on the minds of potential serial killers in a Swiss prison. One name emerges among the psychopathic inmates undergoing behavioral Cain.
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