The police in Helsingborg can barely keep order in the city. Chaos reigns in the streets; people are gripped by fear. A cruel serial killer strikes again. He has no obvious motives—only an inexplicable desire to kill. The crimes are so random that it’s impossible to deduce the killer’s logic or predict who will become his next victim. But the detectives are confident they’ve almost found his trail—only Fabian Rysk does not follow the official line of the investigation. For him, this is personal vendetta, and when a new victim appears, everyone realizes that the criminal has been skillfully manipulating the detectives all along.
Inspector Risk continues hunting for the killer, even as his own life falls apart: his son is on the run, his daughter is ill, and his colleagues hide their dark secrets. But there’s no way back. The killer sets the rules. Everything depends on the roll of the dice. The stakes are life.
The game has begun, and Fabian Rysk is forced to step into it.