The small coastal town of Roquesas is shaken by the disappearance of one of its residents: the sixteen-year-old girl, Sandra López.When they find the teenager''s horribly mutilated body at the back of one of the town''s most distinguished residents'' house, everyone suspects Álvaro Alsina as the perpetrator of the crime.The well-meaning local society begins a witch hunt, blaming Álvaro for the crime, while at the same time weaving a dense web of deceit around him, with the sole purpose of incriminating him.Álvaro watches as his entire world crumbles around him without him, or his family, being able to do anything to stop it. His friends, his wife, his children, his lover, and even the police chief, all consider him the author of the crime.