What happens when a beautiful love story turns into a terrible tragedy? Ekaterina Bulova, a young Russian woman, married Walter Balman, a German man she met on vacation. But behind the glitz and glamor of their wedding is conflict, violence, and control. After years of suffering, Catherine suddenly and mysteriously disappears. 25 days later, a gruesome discovery in the Weser river shakes the whole of Germany and Russia. This is a true story of obsession, domestic violence and an investigation involving two countries.

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