An open door, a pair of blue tennis shoes, the sharp smell of disinfectant in the room—a woman killed by twenty stab wounds. A journalist at a private radio station is conducting a survey on violence against women. As she uncovers more information about the victim, she begins to feel directly involved and embarks on a very personal investigation into the murder that cannot be separated from her research on violence.

Why are so many women raped and killed? Why do they so often open the door voluntarily to those who attack them? Why is the fear of speaking out so powerful for those who have been raped? In the end she finds her answers, which turn out to be unpredictable and shocking.