Gösta is a 28-year-old child psychologist who gets his first job in a small rural town. He wants to be the kindest person in the world and help everyone he meets - sometimes it goes well, sometimes not ...
Nelly and the dog London are joined by Valle as they head out into the Black Forest to find the Mirror of Death. A journey that takes them deeper and deeper into the forest and to the place where Nelly's mother once disappeared.
A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson are once again drawn into the darkness.
