Inger Johanne Vik has been working as a profiler for the FBI but is now back in Sweden with her two daughters, because she has decided to prioritize her children above her work, when her oldest daughter Stina, diagnosed with autism, witnesses a brutal murder.

Inger Johanne is beginning to realize what her daughter has been through. Ingvar goes to Uppsala to investigate the murder of bishop Elisabeth Lindgren, which took place late at Christmas eve. Its obvious that the secrets dwells in Uppsala.

After long hesitation, Inger Johanne agrees to be a part of the investigation. At the same time she is trying to understand how the information she gets from her daughters come together, are the murders related? Rolf suspects that his husband is having an affair and makes up a plan of how he can expose him.

When Lennart Carlsson is taken in for questioning by the police Inger Johanne realizes a connection between her private life and Carlsson. How is her family connected to the investigation? Erik pays a visit to the woman in the photograph. Inger Johanne discovers a connection between the murders.

Ingvar finds a trail that supports Inger Johanne´s theory about the motive for the murders. Inger Johanne remembers something from her time at FBI, that seems to have something to do with the case, maybe the FBI can help her understand what? The bishop´s son comes to Ingvar to share a suspicion.

The noose is tighter than ever around Marcus Ståhls neck, and he is in a very fragile situation. What is he hiding? In the middle of a walkthrough of the offenders M.O., Inger Johanne discovers a frightening connection between the killers profile and her own daughter.