The book narrates the events around Romualdo Palhares, a private detective that investigates an heir's millionaire, the only son of a carioca entrepreneur disappearance. Their tracks take him to the countryside of Minas Gerais. There a ripe woman, temptress and of mesmerizing beauty it appears in his road, taking him to testify events that subvert the reason. He discovers that the bad can be beautiful and that the most horrible nightmares can be a stranger reality.