Detective Mørck and team reopen a cold case on Bornholm Island involving a girl's death, a cult, and missing women. Mørck must solve the case and confront his past to move forward with his fiancée.
It follows forensic pathologist David Hunter, who gave up his work to settle down as a doctor in the rural village of Manham. When a woman is found dead, David struggles to stay out of the investigation.
During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik and her autistic daughter both get drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths.
Convinced of her daughter's innocence in a homicide, a devoted mother soon uncovers unsettling truths as the line between victim and perpetrator blurs.
One day Marco discovers a dead man. After learning that Marco may have invaluable information, Commissioner Mørck is determined to find and rescue him.
Two influencers find themselves on a luxury cruise through the Caribbean and South Pacific. But as the mirage of their online personas starts clashing with their real-life ambitions, a battle of wills threatens to tear them apart.
The number of suspects is further limited when it turns out that the second murder also has connections to the book. Hidden motifs come to the surface and the noose is tightened, but the killer always seems to be one step ahead.
