DI Dag Meldel is on holiday. A rare thing. He is in London. The disappearance of a Brazilian football player in the Capital who was on his way to join Dag's local football team in Norway hits the headlines. Dag's boss tells him he is to liaise with the British police in tracking down the missing sportsman. But as Dag knows from previous experience a missing person is never a simple case. And this one leads to the story to Brazil, Norway and England...