The man at the incinerator watched the body reduce to ash within the furnace. Detective Martin Beck was assigned the case, aware only that a brutal murder had occurred. The when and where remained unknown; there was no victim to identify, n…

Detective Beck and his team are called to investigate the death of a Russian woman. Simultaneously, the Swedish Security Service, SÄPO, identifies an opportunity to have a Russian national expelled from the country through diplomatic channe…

The discovery of a narcotics smuggling ring culminated in a fatal shooting; the driver, it emerged, was Superintendent Martin Beck’s son. Overwhelmed by grief, Beck withdrew from the investigation, only to be persuaded to return by the plea…

Beck and his team hunt a serial killer whose victims are scattered across Sweden. The most apparent link is that all are women, and they shared a common class. Beck suspects a long-buried scandal holds the key to the killings. Yet, the past…

Inspector Beck and his team find themselves embroiled in a vast operation involving the smuggling of cesium 133. A criminal organization originating in the east exploits refugees, offering them the promise of asylum in Sweden – a haven, how…

A bomb threat at a Stockholm police station triggered an immediate response from the bomb squad. They detonated the briefcase, initially believing it to be a false alarm. However, the discovery of a baby inside quickly complicated the situa…

The officer, a man who loved men, lived a life of deception, sustained by the patronage of Gavling, Beck’s most formidable adversary. Gavling, a figure who commanded Stockholm's criminal empire, paid handsomely for the officer’s services. I…

A killer, preying on the Stockholm subway's passengers, leaves a trail of severed heads. As the city descends into fear, Martin Beck and his team race against time to apprehend the perpetrator.