Wisting and his team are alerted to a gruesome crime scene in Larvik. The severed head of a young asylum seeker is found on a stake in the middle of the square. FBI agent Maggie Griffin returns to assist in the case.

Maggie is forced to share information she has previously kept secret from Wisting. The investigation takes a completely new turn, leading Wisting and Maggie on a new hunt across the border into Sweden.