A dead infant. A missing woman. A secret that reaches far beyond Haparanda.

After a year of mourning, Hannah Wester returns to work and is immediately drawn into the investigation of a dead infant found at the old cholera cemetery outside Salmis. Who is the mother, and where has she gone?

The assassin Katja has recently been assigned only minor tasks. Now, she’s sent back to Haparanda on a far more serious mission: to track down two heavily pregnant young women who have escaped from the Farm.

A young politician appears on live TV, opening up about his and his wife’s struggle with involuntary childlessness. But during the broadcast, he makes a surprising announcement—they’re expecting a child. That same night, he receives a phone call. A woman, speaking in broken English, threatens to expose the true identity of the baby’s carrier.

The events unfolding in Haparanda weave a chilling web between Russian organized crime and the highest levels of power in Stockholm, uncovering a dark story of human trafficking and the surrogacy trade.