Iceland, beginning of XIX of century. Young woman Агнес Магнусдоттир is capitally convicted for murder of beloved. In expectant of claim of sentence of Агнес order to the remote farm, where coming her to live a few months in ordinary family. Emaciated and bound in chains, firstly peasants perceive her as a monster, but in time begin to understand that the real history is much more difficult, than presented on court. "Taste of smoke" is a book on what the months of joint residence became for Агнес and those, who sheltered her. It is the psychological drama opened out on a background severe north landscape, among laconic and restrained people capable, nevertheless, on hotshot acts.