investigating magistrate candela is transferred to el hierro, the most remote of the canary islands. there, she discovers a suspicious community and is confronted by the death of a young local boy, murdered the day before his wedding. the prime suspect is the father of the bride, a man by the name of díaz, a rich businessman with a dodgy reputation. despite being motivated by diametrically opposite interests, candela and díaz share the same goal: to find the real killer.