Tragedy strikes Private's Berlin office - and exposes a hidden past. A history lesson theyâe(tm)ll never forget âe¦ and neither will you. Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes sheâe(tm)s seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris, her colleague âe" and until recently, her fiancé âe" is found dead, brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations, the building explodes, wiping out all evidence of the crimes, and nearly killing Mattie and her team. Mattie soon realises that a masked killer is picking off Chrisâe(tm)s childhood friends, one by one, and destroying the trail. But who wants the past buried so badly? What is the truth about that slaughterhouse? And will Mattie become the killerâe(tm)s next victim?