A string of strange tragedies and murders bedevils the picturesque town of Dryden, N.Y., for 10 years, beginning with the cold-blooded execution of an entire family at Christmastime.
Thuy, a 17-year-old rural girl, changes her name to Quynh after running away from her twisted uncle and her heartless mother. However, she is later tricked and sold to Thien Thai restaurant in the city, which is actually a disguised prostitution den.
Active agents, informants, undercover operatives, and victims disclose the ingenious tactics and difficult judgment calls that make the FBI the world’s most elite crime-fighting agency.
Fuhrmann's colleague Dr. Wehninger has abducted her deceased father from the pathology department to her home in order to prevent an autopsy, and it is only with great difficulty that Fuhrmann manages to persuade her to turn back. But it's not that easy to get to the hospital with a dead body without being recognized. Fuhrmann himself remains stubbornly confrontational, especially when it comes to Dr. Böck, and even more so since it turns out that Böck and Fuhrmann's ex-wife are expecting a child together. Assistant Dr. Winkler encounters unexpected difficulties when he discovers that the prosector's assistant and the mortician are engaged in a lively trade in corneas from deceased patients. They are not about to let this business go to waste without a fight.
Ami, a cunning and obsessive Israeli investigator, exposes an international crime syndicate dealing in the trafficking of new born babies. Marginalized women from Israel, among other places, are secretly flown to Europe to give birth in a designated farm in the forest. The mystery becomes more troubling when it becomes clear that the women are induced way before their due date. In a race against the clock and as more babies disappear, Ami partners with Audrey, a brave and rigidly professional European investigator.