Sebastian Bergman is a former criminal psychologist and specialist in serial killers, too unpredictable to work with anyone, and too professional not to work at all. But the legendary Sebastian Bergman has already retired and resigned himself to the idea that his work on the State Commission was a thing of the past; he returned to lecturing and writing books. Vanya also left the State Commission; she found temporary work as a criminal investigator in Uppsala. A detective is investigating a series of rapes. When one of the victims dies, the State Commission is involved in the case, and Sebastian Bergman is indispensable. Reunited, the team must put aside their personal problems and conflicts in order to catch a brutal rapist who continues to terrorize Uppsala. In the end, the detectives realize that the victims are not chosen at random. But what is the connection between them? And why do so many people not want the criminal to be caught?