Osman Zahir a Turkish Cypriot Inspector based in Girne takes on his first murder case. When two bodies are unearthed by a digger for a housing development company and one of the men whom Osman questions is found murdered in his home the following morning a number of suspects begin to emerge including the dead mans middle-aged daughter and Gorus a local businessman and reputed paedophile. Osmans investigations are complicated further when Zelfa Urfa an attractive and ambitious Turkish female inspector from Istanbul is seconded to investigate the case.