He's got no style, he's got no flash and he's squarely in middle age. But Swedish detective Martin Beck is good at one thing: methodically catching criminals. His tightly-wound partner, Gunvald, is his opposite: an impulsive man who cuts a dashing figure, is in no way politically correct and who never met a boundary he didn't leap across. Based on the popular Swedish crime novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.
The body of a man is discovered in an abandoned house. The man's wife and their two children have fled the scene and refuse to come out of hiding. After Martin Beck tracks the woman down, he understands why she wants to keep her case out of the hands of the police.
A five-year-old girl is found dead in a root cellar. When a man living nearby kills himself and leaves a letter apologizing for his pedophilia, the case seems closed. But Beck can't understand why no local family has reported a child missing.
The murder of a prominent attorney is connected to one of his recent cases, in which a company was being sued for serious environmental damage. Martin Beck and Lena Klingstrom find evidence which brings new light to the investigation – but who's pulling the strings?
Martin Beck gets a phone call from a German colleague visiting Stockholm for an art auction. He's found a dead woman in his hotel, and needs Martin's help. The murder investigation brings Beck's team into the world of art fraud.
The parents of a young woman discover the body of their daughter, brutally murdered in a public park. A review of other reported rape attacks in Stockholm reveals a link between the crime scenes and the Blue metro line.
A paparazzi photographer is found dead, his apartment ransacked. When Beck's superior Margareta Oberg goes through the evidence, she reacts strongly to two of the images left behind, going so far as to hide them from the team.
