A mid-age hipster in Stockholm is a training freak and trains for the 90 km ski race Vasaloppet. His sister is the opposite, no job, drinks but has a daughter….

AmanisbeatentodeathintheMiddleEast.InStockholm,ayoungwomandisappearsonherwayhomefromwork.Thesetwoeventswillprovetoberelated.SinceMartinBeckhasquit,SteinarHovlandleadsthesearchforthemissinggirl.ButMartinisdrawnintothecasewhenhedecidestohelpthenationalSecurityPoliceinvestigateasuspectedterrorist.Theysoonrealizethattheyareinaraceagainsttimetostopacatastrophe.