Lawyer to scumbags Iris finds out she has a secret brother in jail for murdering a woman and her four year old child. She decides to visit and becomes interested in appealing his case due to his insistence of innocence. Alternating between her and Ray's POV, this is a dark, Dutch tale.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure whether the translation is poor, or the story arc is just not very compelling. I was compelled enough to finish, but figured out the story fairly early on (a plot device mentioned one too many times tipped me off). I never felt much of a connection with Iris, and I found the complete lack of acknowledgment for most of the book that Ray or Iris's own child may have autism really strange. The dialog was also quite clunky, and again I'm not sure if this is due to translation issues.