Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist…

　　一位獨居年輕女子的自殺疑雲，使聞之震驚的作家鄰居展開調查，肖像畫家、銀行經理、前室友、前夫，和女子自殺前一晚的派對主人…他一一訪問曾與女子密切往來的可疑人士，而作家妻子也透露了某晚發生在女子住處的怪事。隨著眾人敘述，…