Tomás, a high school teacher, becomes fixated on a murder case. Maite, a cop, probes as Tomás meddles, finding his physiotherapist Norma is the killer with a sinister past. A twist frees Norma until another slaying reignites the hunt.
As it had happened before, a body appears on the first night of the Carnival. The locals are sure this the work of "Urco", and that more murders will follow until the festival is over.
Set in the fictional Galician village of Portozás on the Coast of Death, a new judge arrives, enriching the town. He forms strong emotional bonds with the locals, especially María, exploring the conflict between rural and urban life.
