At home on the farm in Småland, Kristina and Karl Oskar see how life is slowing down. In the west, across the great sea, stories of a new world are heard. Hope is ignited and Kristina and Karl Oskar leave Sweden and embark on a journey of no return.

Swedish detective Kurt Wallander investigates a series of murders in the south of the country, near Skane, and uncovers corruption at the heart of the establishment.