The night when everything changes, it's icy and foggy in Avechot, a town nestled in a deep valley in the shadow of the Alps. Maybe it is because of the fog that the special agent's car has ended up in a ditch. Vogel is in a state of shock. He doesn't remember why he is there or how he got there. One thing is certain: special agent Vogel should not be there. In fact, two months have gone by since a town girl disappeared into the fog, since Vogel has been working on what, from a simple case of voluntary disappearance, has changed first into a kidnapping case, and from there, a case of colossal media interest. That's Vogel's speciality: the media manipulation,attracting television cameras, conquering the front pages, obtaining funds for the investigation, thanks to the attention given and the pressure of the ""audience at home"" and, in the end, finding the monster. Because it takes someone like him, without scruples and self-confident in his methods, to make sure a crime receives what it deserves: a solution as well as an audience. But Vogel should be far away from those unwelcoming mountains. So why is he still there? Who does the blood on his clothes belong to?