An open door, strange noises – without losing a second, Dr. Karin Staller leaps out of bed and races to her daughter's room. The child is gone. Kidnapped. Police psychologist Brock is called on to help the investigators, since he knows the main suspect, Max. A former patient of his, Max already spent several years in jail for having assaulted children. Brock also knows nurse Kramer, who took care of Max after his release and became close to him. As valuable hours elapse and Max is unable to say where the child is, Brock trains his sights on Nurse Kramer – and discovers that she lost her young daughter the previous year in an accident that left the child brain-dead. Dr. Staller had obtained permission from Kramer to transplant the child's healthy organs to clinic patients. But was the nurse aware of what she was agreeing to? In a race against time, Brock must find the child before the appalling ransom is paid.

Part 3 of the crime series with Anatomy of Evil, Anatomy of Revenge, Anatomy of Fear, Anatomy of Shame and Anatomy of Surrender.