The Beck group, with Alex Beijer as new group manager, is given a case where a 12-year-old girl found her mother dead below the stairs at home. Is it an…

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