A man is found dead at a flea market in southern Stockholm. It looks like an ordinary robbery gone wrong, but the investigation takes an unexpected turn.

The Beck group is called out to investigate the brutal murder of a man in his own house and Vilhelm, Beck’s grandson, ends up being kidnapped.

During a police intervention, a macabre discovery is made in the trunk of a car. Josef and Oskar find themselves in the line of fire of a seemingly cold-blooded killer….