Karin Jacobsson, Anders Knutas's newly promoted deputy, starts a complex inquiry into a murder committed while Knutas is on holiday. Peter Bovide, the owner of a small construction company, has been camping on the island of Faro with his wife and children. One morning, Bovide fails to return from his regular morning jog, and his bullet-ridden body, including multiple stomach shots after one to the head, turns up shortly afterward.

Pippi Longstocking, an adventurous young redhead, moves in next door to Tommy and Annika in a small Swedish village and nothing is the same from there on. She has a horse, a monkey named Mr. Nilsson, and no parents.