18-year-old Nella Oortman begins a new life in Amsterdam as the wife of wealthy merchant, Johannes Brandt. As a wedding gift, Nella is presented with a doll's house replica of their home, but soon realises that an elusive miniaturists tiny creations are seemingly predicting the future with unsettling accuracy.

Nella desperately tries to turn the fortunes of the Brandt household around, but the miniatures and their messages keep coming. With shocking secrets still to surface and time beginning to run out, Nella worries that her fate may be predestined.