A tragic family, a passionate love affair – and a journey into the dark heart of contemporary Germany.
Twenty-five years after the disappearance of Rebecca Maywald in Riga, her daughter receives an anonymous letter that points the finger at the Prokhoff diplomat family, whose Drei Linden foundation is financing dubious eco villages around Europe. Rebecca’s daughter wasn’t supposed to fall in love with their son – and she must keep her identity secret from him, no matter what. Clearly, he too has a secret, or why else does he keep having nightmares? And who is the ‘J’ mentioned in his calendar? The trail eventually leads to Latvia, where she pretends to want to check out the Tris Liepas eco village, while actually planning to find out exactly what happened to her mother all those years ago. Meanwhile, the Prokhoffs are doing everything in their power to keep their dark secret…