The series stars Danica Curcic and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Naia Thulin and Mark Hess, who investigate the murders of several women involving a mysterious chestnut figurine left at the crime scenes.

[1][2][3] The series was renewed for a second season in 2024, adding Sofie Gråbøl and Katinka Lærke Petersen to the cast; it is set to premiere in 2026.

More than thirty years later, in present-day Copenhagen, a young woman is found murdered in a playground with one of her hands missing.

A mysterious piece of evidence is soon discovered on the chestnut man—the fingerprint of a missing girl, the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung.

[10] Critics have described the show as "gripping" and "gruesome",[11] while others, like Verdens Gang, described it as a "perfected cliche", while also giving it a four out of six on a dice roll.