In the sweltering Swedish summer of 1994, a sadistic serial killer begins preying on elderly, successful men, violently slaughtering them with an axe before collecting their
scalps as trophies. Meanwhile, Wallander witnesses a young woman from the
Dominican Republic set herself on fire, and must also cope with his increasingly despondent father, who's determined to make one final trip to
Italy. As he investigates the two cases, the
Ystad detective uncovers a sinister link to
prostitution rackets and the
white slavery trade. == Adaptations ==