They live the same life as millions of us. They have a lot in common: they fall in love, get married, get divorced, take care of children, and sometimes knock back a mug of beer or a glass of something stronger. And at the same time, these are completely different people: someone hates weapons, but loves chess, and someone has a phenomenal memory. Each of them has their own weaknesses, shortcomings and talents. But they all serve in the police, investigating crimes under the leadership of Martin Beck. In the novel “Flight to the Scaffold,” Martin Beck and his assistants investigate a monstrous mass murder. At night, a passenger bus full of corpses is discovered on the outskirts of Stockholm. Who is the criminal? Who needed to shoot passengers? A sick psychopath? Maniac? Or a cold-blooded, calculating killer? How is the bloodbath connected to the sixteen-year-old case of the murder of a nymphomaniac? "Flight to the Scaffold" was awarded the highest honor of the Crime Writers of America Association - the Edgar Award.