A dead, seven-year-old girl is found in a fisherman's net.

Shortly after police discovers the murder of three friends, police inspector Wallander finds his friend and colleague Svedberg dead. First, it is believed that Svedberg killed himself but Wallander soon discovers links between Svedberg, the three friends and a fourth person, a young woman in a mental hospital.

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

Erica returns to her hometown for her parents funeral and her childhood friend murdered

A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.