One May morning in 2024, the police are called to the small community of Gyttorp outside Nora in Västmanland where a lifeless woman has been found in the countryside. The case quickly escalates when it turns out that the dead person is instead a man who has been beaten and burned. A burnt-out car is also found a short distance away. The investigation eventually leads the police to a farm where a party seems to have gone awry. But the question is - which of the partygoers is guilty and why does anyone want the man dead?

It is New Year's Day 2008 when the soon-to-be 27-year-old, new mother Tubay Mavi disappears from her home in Uppsala. Despite the efforts of her family, led by her husband, they cannot find her. The only sign of life comes a few days later in the form of a mysterious text message to a relative in which Tubay asks to be left alone. But something is not right. And when a buried body is found in an outdoor recreation area, it turns out that the Uppsala police have a murder investigation on their hands.