When Iris moves in to her new home, she wants to get to know her neighbors. The fact that she's sick and is not allowed to go outside won't stop her. She notices the old lady Elsie. They could tell each other all kinds of things, if only they had a way of communicating. Perhaps the mailman is the solution to her problem.

Two girls arrive at an empty meeting hall. One of the girls climbs up of a rope hanging down from the ceiling. As she slides down towards the floor, the rope is transformed into a small, maybe unintentional, sexual experience.

The successful detective writer, Erica Falck, is thinking that her next book should be based on a true mysterious event from her childhood. When she was only 13 years old one of her dear friends and classmate Peter boarded a bus and then disappeared. Erica has been unable to let go of the tragic event and her first meeting with a real mystery. As she starts digging deeper into what really happened to Peter it seems as if she has awakened a sleeping beast. When Erica's only connection to Peter, his brother Ivan, who is on his way to see her, gets stabbed and murdered her mission becomes not only to solve the mystery about Peter but also to find out who killed Ivan. During a high school reunion party the heat builds up when Tina, Peter and Ivan's enigmatic sister, unexpectedly shows up and later at the party another murder is committed that leads Erica closer to the truth about what actually happened to the missing Peter.