Beck

A young man has been found murdered and the Beck group's work with the murder points in the direction of a drug network. Klas Fredén has been spying on this network for a long time, and he does not want his investigation, which is in a critical phase, to be jeopardized. However, he allows the Beck group, led by Alex Beijer, to work with the murder investigation in parallel with the reconnaissance. This causes Alex to end up on a constant collision course with Fredén. The conflict causes Martin Beck, now Rotel chief, to become involved in the work of his former group, something that enlivens him. Steinar is having a harder time, torn between work and longing for his children in Oslo. The pressure on the Beck group becomes fierce during the season, both with tough investigations and emotional changes in the group.

During an intervention, a macabre find is made in the trunk of a car and the Beck group quickly ends up in the firing line for a seemingly cold-blooded killer. But things are not what they seem. The group is the subject of a stressful internal investigation and Oscar ends up in a really difficult dilemma. Alex's task is to solve both an unusually and unimaginably cruel murder mystery, while the Beck group risks collapsing from within. Martin Beck is doubtful about her way of handling the case, at the same time as he himself seems to be undergoing a personality change. The pressure on the Beck group becomes fierce, both internally and externally when the media hears about the failed police operation and the sad finding in the tailgate. This should prove to be one of the group's most emotional cases.

A candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize is brutally stabbed to death in central Stockholm just after a meeting with two lawyers from the war tribunal in The Hague. One of the witnesses worked with Alex when she was stationed in the Middle East and they have an attraction to each other that makes Josef think she should stay out of the investigation. But Klas Fredén is pressuring the group to resolve the politically charged case before SÄPO takes over. Martin Beck is on sick leave but continues to go to work waiting for a diagnosis. He, Oskar and Jenny are forced to relate to the growing tensions within the group and it soon turns out that several of those involved carry dangerous secrets.

A jawbone is found in the middle of the forest. When the rest of the body is found, it turns out that it has just recently been moved and belongs to Viktor Eklund, who has been missing for five years. His mother, well-known author Cecilia Eklund, has just managed to put his disappearance behind her. Martin Beck was investigating the disappearance, but Alex thinks it is unusually thin and not like Martin's usual work. But Martin is very secretive and reluctant to talk about the case. Fredén, on the other hand, does not hesitate to blame the bad work on Martin. There is a lot that is not true. Martin is on sick leave and everyone knows how sick he really is. Fredén, on the other hand, immediately takes the chance and offers Alex Martin's service. He wants new blood in the corps. But Alex seems to have completely different plans. Something that Joseph notices.