A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.

Over the course of a week, sisters Inger and Ellen find their relationship challenged on a highly anticipated coach trip to Paris. Inger reveals her struggles with schizophrenia to the group, receiving both pity and discrimination. On arrival, it soon becomes clear that Inger has a hidden agenda concerning a figure from her past, ultimately involving the entire group in her hunt for answers.

Dennis and Carl are brothers who live on a small farm in the country. None too bright, Dennis wants a girlfriend for Christmas. Carl makes sure that Dennis gets just that when he meets Rita at the local pub. She is on the run from her husband and she doesn't turn down the chance to hide away at Carl and Dennis's place.

Every day, in a dark office or maybe a prison cell, a man receives an envelope containing a tape of electronic noises that he translates to code using an old typewriter. One day he hears a familiar voice on the tape and begins to question his line of "work".

A girl has been killed in exactly the same way as in author Eigil Strøm's latest novel. Now there's a knock at the door. Standing in front of Strøm is a strange man. He wants a signed copy of the book, but Strøm is suspicious: Who is this man? Why does he want to come in? And why is he asking so many questions about the murdered girl?