Another excellent novel in this series, though, like the first, rather dark. And it's true, for many that's the way life is. So I sit here, reading dark novels and thanking my lucky stars that I personally have not had to face the situations that Nina has to, nor have I had to choose whether to risk my marriage because of the needs of others.

Nina is a nurse in Copenhagen and helps out at a centre for refugees. She has also helped in the past a chsp who runs an illegal railroad for similar people. Because of events in the first book, Nina's husband has made her promise not to respond to requests from that man unless he, the husband, is at home. He works 2 weeks out of 4 away from home.

This story also involves some Roma people, both in Hungary and Denmark (and we see the appalling prejudice still held against them), and trafficking in radioactive materials.