The Swedish town of Linköping is bathed in Spring sunshine. Then, suddenly, a deafening explosion rocks the town square, and life in Linköping will never be the same again. Inspector Malin Fors is standing by her mother's coffin at the Chapel of Resurrection. A muffled rumble shatters the silence, and Malin is immediately on her way to Filbyter Square, and the scene that greets her will stay with her forever: shards of glass; crushed flowers; a child's shoe; a dove pecking at something red in the deafening silence.
