A man is found dead in front of an ATM, apparently a victim of cardiac arrest. Two girls are arrested for the brutal murder of a taxi driver and confess to their crime without remorse. Two clear cases that seem unrelated. And yet...

As Inspector Wallander tries to find the real reason that drove the teenagers to murder, he unravels the thread of a more complex mystery than he initially suspected. The two cases become one and lead to a conspiracy that extends beyond the borders of Sweden and threatens to shake the economic foundations of the entire world.

Henning Mankell proves once again that he is the ultimate master of the crime novel.