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

What connects the murder of a cab driver and the apparent victim of a heart attack? The two cases become one, and lead to a conspiracy that stretches beyond the borders of Sweden.

Wallander tries to link the death of his colleague with the murder of three teenagers.

Wallander probes the brutal murders of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse that have triggered racist reprisals.

After an old friend's father is murdered, Wallander refuses to get involved in the case.

Wallander suspects he's on the trail of a serial killer bent on revenge, after a local man disappears and an elderly birdwatcher falls to his death.