Kieran, a young man from the Netherlands, is looking forward to attending an IT conference in Koblenz. The first evening things go awry when his roommate is stabbed. He becomes the main suspect. After being questioned and released, Kieran hopes things will get back to normal. But he is an oblivious target. He becomes close friends with Sabine who helps him make sense of the spiral he seems caught in.The past comes to life with surprising developments as the detectives investigate Kieran in their search for the perpetrator and the motive.The story takes place at a conference and in a brewery in Koblenz, with a few scenes in Genua (Italy). It is set in March 2019 with flashbacks to 1989.