It depicted the children's relationship to the war 1940-1945. Rolf Riktor's father was arrested and sent to the prison camp Grini and his mother travel to Oslo to look for him and get the opportunity to visit him at Grini. The children however do not get an opportunity to visit the prisoners.
Marie Orderud, Kristian Orderud and their daughter Anne Orderud Paust are found brutally shot dead at Orderud Farm on Sunday, May 23, 1999. The police have no leads until an unexpected event gives the case a new twist.