记者Annika Bengtzon 在为关于一部关于天堂的小说搜集素材时发现一个基金会打着保护受到虐待的妇女的幌子,包庇罪犯并从政府骗取资金。她在斯德哥尔摩海港遇到一起行凶事件,发现南斯拉夫黑社会组织牵扯其中。Annika 想把故事写到自己的小说中。在搜索真相的过程中,巧遇在政府部门工作的未婚夫Thomas . Thomas 对案件也发生了极大的兴趣。Tabloid journalist Annika Bengtzon is writing about a murder in the port of Stockholm and she suspects that the Yugoslav mafia is involved. However, she also finds links to a foundation that runs a shelter for battered women, Paradiset. Looking for a good story she also meets a welfare official, Thomas, who also thinks that the foundation should be looked into.