"El verano llega a su fin y la escritora Erica Falck vuelve al trabajo tras la baja de maternidad. Ahora le toca a su compąero, el comisario Patrik Hedstr̲m, tomarse un tiempo libre para ocuparse de la pequęa Maja. Pero el crimen no descansa nunca, ni siquiera en la tranquila ciudad de Fj̃llbacka, y cuando dos adolescentes descubren el cad̀ver de Erik Frankel, Patrik compaginar̀ el cuidado de su hija con su inteřs por el asesinato de este historiador...

After she returns to her hometown of Fjällbacka to learn that her friend, Alex, was found in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed, biographer Erica Falck researches her friend's past in hopes of writing a book and joins forces with Detective Patrik Hedstrom, who has his own suspicions about the case.

After she returns to her hometown of Fjällbacka to learn that her friend, Alex, was found in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed, biographer Erica Falck researches her friend's past in hopes of writing a book and joins forces with Detective Patrik Hedström, who has his own suspicions about the case.

When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods just outside Fjallbacka, the community is horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing from the exact same spot, and was later discovered, murdered. Back then, two teenage girls were found guilty of the killing. Could it really be a coincidence that one of the girls - now a world-famous actress - has just returned to Fjallbacka? Detective Patrik Hedstrom starts investigating, with his...