At the end of a deadly bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, thesuccessful hunters are shaken by a horrifying discovery.Across in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with horrific brutality: crude abusescrawled above her bloodied bed, her young grandson nowhere to be found.Only Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection. Dropped from the case thanks to ajealous rival, she now stands alone against a killer who brings death to young andold, spawned by a horrifying crime that festers after one hundred years on ice.