When a Nordic Airlines flight to the USA is hijacked, a team of Swedish investigators must race against time to unmask the mysterious hijackers before they bring the airplane down or the US military shoot it out of the sky.

Two tourists are found dead in a tent near the small Swedish town of Blackwater. The repercussions of this unsolved crime continue to affect the town's residents for years to come.

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.