German doctor Friedrich Ritter and his patient, Dore Strauch, as they leave their spouses to pursue a utopian dream on the deserted Galapagos island of Floreana.

An erotically charged dramatic thriller from William Boyd, The Galapagos Affair portrays a real life murder mystery. A 1930s Berlin couple leave the modern world to create a new Eden-like existence on a tropical island, only to find their paradise disturbed by a sensual beauty and her two lovers.