该剧讲述了Aremote,one-horsetowninIceland.Afemalecorpseliesintheblacksand.Thelocalauthoritiesassumeitwasanaccident;itwouldnotbethefirsttimethatrecklesstouristshavefallenoffanunsecuredcliff.PoliceofficerAnita,whohasjustreturnedtoherhometownfromReykjavik,istheonlyonewhosmellsaratandstubbornlycontinuestoinvestigate.Whenanotherwomanturnsupseriouslyinjured,itbecomesapparentthatAnitaisright.MonumentalIcelandicvistasalternatewithdetailedobservationsofpolicework.Corpsesstinkandareheavyaslead,butatworkthetalkisalso,orevenaboveall,aboutrelationships.Here,everyoneknowseveryoneelse,andeveryonehasacommonpast,onethatseemstoweighheavilyonAnitainparticular.CreatorsAldísAmahHamilton,RagnarJónssonandAndriÓttarssonworkedtogetherwithcreatoranddirectorBaldvinZtodevelopthisunconventionalcrimeseriesinwhichtheprotagonists,theirconcernsandinterpersonalrelationshipsaremoreimportantthanthesearchforsuspects.
