Bäckström is broken after a major betrayal, but refuses to give up. Important questions still need answers. Who killed Jaidee and why? And is it still possible to die twice, if you can live twice now?

Bäckström is suspended, but still continues his private investigation with the help of his neighbor Edvin. Together, they head to the scout camp to confront Edwin's scout leader Haqvin, who turns out to have connections to both Jaidee and the skull's whereabouts.

Bäckström is convinced that Jaidee faked her own death in connection with the tsunami, but the group is skeptical and Bäckström lacks evidence of his theory. Ankan's strike is unsuccessful and she suspects someone in the police house has warned the robber league.

Bäckström goes to Thailand to dig for the truth about Jaidee's life and death. At the same time, the investigative team in Stockholm is following a completely different track. They are convinced that Jaidee died in the tsunami and soon Mimi's husband is arrested.

Jaidee seems to have died twice, both on the island of Onärds and in the tsunami disaster. Bäckström wants to interrogate the widower Daniel, but when Hwass sits cross and his colleagues distrust him, Bäckström goes ahead with the investigation on his own.

Murder investigator Evert Bäckström is convinced that crimes have been committed when a women's cranium is found on an island in the archipelago. But his investigation is countered by the police chief and when the woman's identity is clarified, the entire investigation is turned upside down.