Amparo Seoane, the mayor of the Galician town of Cedeira and the most powerful woman in the area, is murdered. Investigating the crime will become an obsession for Maite, a civil guard sergeant, and for Tomás, the only witness to the murder. For Maite, searching for the murderer is an obligation. For Tomás, a Literature professor without many life horizons, it is the opportunity (possibly the last) to live a story like the ones he is passionate about reading, and perhaps thus be able to tell it.
