The Man from Beijing

One cold day January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they find the victim of a savage murder lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet. Going from house to house they uncover an unprecedented crime. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. A 19th-century diary and a red silk ribbon found in the forest nearby are her only clues. What Birgitta eventually uncovers leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over 100 years. (proof)