After the worldwide success of the Millennium series: The new thriller series by Swedish bestselling author Stockholm 2003: A referee of the football youth was beaten to death. The suspicion falls on an overcommitted father, but there is no evidence. The new police chief then brings two outsiders into the team: the young patrol officer Micaela Vargas, who comes from the same problem neighborhood as the suspect, and the psychologist Hans Rekke, a brilliant observer and specialist in interrogation techniques. Only when the two team up do they stand a chance against powerful opponents. Because this case is far greater than initially assumed.