A request comes from the police to Linne Stoll, a graduate student, a computer genius and encryption expert. They ask her to investigate a brutal murder. The young woman was found dead in her apartment: all over her body was covered in lacquer, like a porcelain doll. As an activist of an anti-fascist organization blacklisted by the security service, Linn is skeptical toward state authority—and especially toward working with representatives of law enforcement—detectives Rikard Steenlander and Erik Svensson. While the team tries to catch the killer who turns his victims into dolls, the far-right movement is strengthening in Sweden. Linne’s past comes back— and it is not at all what she wants to remember. “The Doll Game” is a soul-chilling thriller about a bloodthirsty maniac. In the Scandinavian style—strict and tense—the story centers on an ordinary woman: Linne Stoll, a graduate student. It’s precisely thanks to her intelligence, experience, and boundless confidence in her own abilities that the investigation reaches a new level.