На фоне магически прекрасного города Бергслагена происходят страшные события. Пак и Эйнар Бюре в лучших традициях детективного жанра демонстрируют преимущества дедуктивного метода и находят убийцу, которого на преступление толкнула страсть.
Финансовый мир потрясён рядом жестоких и необъяснимых убийств. Шведский бизнесмен убит в своей гостиной, еще один в кругу близких и есть все признаки того, что убийства будут продолжаться. Департамент расследований создаёт специальная группу с шестью лучшими полицейскими со всей Швеции — A-group.
On the night bus the atmosphere is stubborn and legitimate. A stupid teenage girl is kept upright by an even boy. A man feels forced to intervene and prevent something that could happen. Unpleasantly realistic and threatening where civil courage is treated in a single long run.
When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead woman was wanted internationally and a member of a group of militant eco-activists carrying out attacks around the world. Gunvald sets out on his own to find the woman's murderer, with Säpo on his heels. Martin Beck is ordered to arrest Gunvald and his loyalty to his colleague is now put to the test.
Kurt Wallander and the other police officers try to find the connection between a horrible murder that took place in Ystad and the kidnapping of one of the police force's daughters. It also seems someone has infiltrated the police and controls every move the police make.
