"How many people here know that it's your birthday today?" " We shouldn't have moved, I guess." " I don't want to be here." "Things will get better, I promise." "You didn't like the last place either, but that changed." "Hang on, honey." "I have an extra birthday present for you." "Thank you." "Easy on the calls, okay?" " Good morning." " Good morning." " A night at the office." " My car's on the blink." " Who's stuff is this?" " It's from Anja's room." "Carl Svendsen's dead daughter." "I'd like to see what's on her computer, can you help me out?" "It might take a while." "You know, TJA must be an abbreviation or something." "Look at her income." "How can a 14-year-old make money like that?" "Robert Folkesson doesn't seem too popular." "No, not all teachers are popular." " Where's the teachers' lounge?" " It's one floor up." "She cut classes and caused trouble." "Cheeky and hostile." "She'd walk out if she felt like it, so we had quite a few run-ins." "Why did she cross out your face?" "Some kids can't stand anyone placing the slightest demands on them." "They view school as some kind of recreation centre." "Do you mean Anja?" "It was a tragedy, but you did ask for my opinion." "I remember her as being a handful." "Why don't you talk to Lennart Frisk, the school counsellor." "He saw a lot of her." "Thanks." "Is his office that way?" " What kind of car do you have?" " A Mazda pick-up." "Why?" " Not exactly a family car." " I don't have a family." "I haul lumber in it." "I remodel houses in my spare time." "Where were you last Wednesday night?" "I was in London, with our ninth-graders." "We came back Thursday morning." "Thank you." " How's it going?" " There are 57 vehicles." " How many companies are left?" " 10 tyre companies." " Hi." "Where's Linda?" " I don't know." " I though you stuck together." " I haven't seen her since yesterday." " Didn't she sleep at home?" " No." "And you aren't curious about where she spent the night?" " Why should I be?" " If someone I lived with didn't..." "Linda and I work together, we're not a couple." "You are aware that it wouldn't be appropriate?" "When you work together, I mean." "Hello..." "Swim gear, mobile phone..." "I can't figure this Carl Svendsen fellow out." "He moved here from Copenhagen five years ago." "He doesn't socialize, he starts a business with Ralf Sahlin." "His daughter commits suicide and he disappears." "There must be something in his past we don't know about." "Maybe it's time for a trip to Copenhagen?" "Let's take a deep breath first." " I haven't heard that before." " I'm not in such great shape." "I've heard the rumours about your health." " I see." "How sick am I?" " Terminal cancer." "Raging." " You don't sound sympathetic." " Ann-Britt brought me up to speed." " Does Linda know?" " No." "I'll get the results in a few days." "I can see that you're worried." "But no matter what the test says, you'll live to a ripe old age." " Why is that?" " You take good care of yourself." "In the old days, before that heart attack, I was really worried." "Anyway, look at this." " What's that?" " The computer Linda brought in." "It belonged to Carl Svendsen's daughter." "Here's a print from this surface, and this one's from Carl Svendsen's car." "It's not uncommon that parents use their children's computers." " Is this hers too?" " Along with the box and the money." "Quite a lot for a 14-year-old." "Stefan Lindman from the Ystad police department calling." "Do you own a van with the license plate number TJA 752?" "Do you still live in Trollhättan?" "Were you in Skåne last week?" "Thank you for helping me out." "Is the license plate number TJA 481?" "Does your husband own a van with the license plate number TJA 352?" "All right." "Thank you very much." "I'm calling from the police..." "Do you own a van with the license plate number TJA 422?" "Do you still live in Södertälje?" ""Pyrrhus. " "Another such victory, and I am undone," right?" "Maybe Anja was into the ancient Greeks." "Oh, it's a horse..." "This is every last tyre company all the way to Jönköping." " Let's try this onev TJA 436." " Nope." "Okay." "TJA 751." " You wanted to discuss Tove Sahlin?" " No, Anja Svendsen." " Anja Svendsen?" " She came to see you, didn't she?" "Yes, many times." "Unfortunately, she committed suicide." "What a tragedy." " Do you know why she did it?" " No." "She had the same problems many girls her age have." "She was sick of school, worried about her appearance..." "You know." "Sometimes we just can't help them." "They get sucked down into a dark void." "It's just as disturbing every time it happens." " Was she into drugs?" " Not that I was aware of." " Why are you asking about Anja?" " Her father has disappeared." "I'm trying to create a picture of his life." " And you haven't found him?" " No." " Did you ever meet him?" " No." "Not her mother, either." "I tried to get them involved, but they didn't seem interested." "Many parents don't wake up until it's too late." " I'm sorry, I have an appointment." " I can come back." " What kind of car do you have?" " I don't have one." " Do you have access to a car?" " No." "Yes..." " We can borrow the school's mini-bus." " Like book it?" " Sign up for it?" " No, if it's free you can use it." "One last question, were you in London, too?" " Yes." " Thank you." "Can you imagine how she felt?" "It's understandable that she did what she did." "It wasn't a cry for help, she wanted to die." "Hello, Linda." "It's me." "Going home, Sara?" "Jump in and I'll take you." "I'm going in that direction anyways." " What's the address?" " Styrmansvägen." "You'll have to show me, I'm not sure where it is." " That's a nice phone." " It's a birthday present." "Is it your birthday?" "Well, what do you know?" "How old are you, 21?" " 14." " I've got a present for you." "Come on, it's your birthday!" "Vitamin C, it's good for you." "Happy birthday!" "You know, you're supposed to drink two litres of fluids a day." "It helps cleanse the body, or something." "Like it?" "Drink it up, then, or you'll hurt my feelings." "Bottoms up." "I wonder if more girls were involved?" "In that case, we'd better look into other teen suicides." "Carl Svendsen broke into Anja's box." " Let me finish." "He figured things out and wanted revenge." "We might have something." "We requested a list of Svendsen's calls." "The night he went missing, Carl's dad had left his mobile behind." "And someone used it to call the Dept. of Motor Vehicles and ask questions about license plates beginning with TJA." "So we checked the tyre lists..." "A car here in Ystad, TJA 481, had new tyres put on 6 months ago." "Goodyear Cargo, the same type that made the tracks by the glasses." "The owner is Jens Olsson." "A small-time crook, drugs and assault." " Where is he?" " Generally nearby the school." "But he rents a room at a farm not far from where we found Svendsen's car." "No one's seen him today." "Who cares?" "He's not really the one we're after, is he?" "Isn't the standard scenario a bunch of perverts who start a club and prey on kids?" "So why should we waste our time on a lousy small-time dealer?" "A creep that might have slipped a few girls some Rohypnol or GHB." "We only have one bloody lead." "Let's start there, okay?" "Hey, the door is open." "What do you say, shall we go in?" "Look, hundreds of prescriptions." "Rohypnol, Rohypnol, Rohypnol..." "He was here just a moment ago." "Kurt here." "The dogs, are they still in training?" "Where are my clothes?" "What the hell have you done?" "!" " My dad's going to kill you!" " I doubt it." "That's you, Sara." "You wouldn't want anyone to see these, would you?" "There are people who pay well to spend an hour with a pretty girl." "Stop!" "I told you to stop!" " When is the next bus due?" " In a few minutes." "That's him!" "Stop!" "What did those girls ever do to you, you disgusting piece of shit!" "I heard you were looking for a van." "We just came from a traffic accident over by Svartö, a girl was run over." "Apparently, she jumped out of a van and ran into the street." "The van was gone when we got there." " Anyone see the license number?" " No, but it might be our van." " Who's the girl?" " Sara Bruck, 14 years old." " How's she doing?" " They took her to the hospital." "Calling 29-10, calling 29-10." "This is the Canine Unit." "We're by the church." "A van heading for Ingelstorp just passed us." "I read you, we're on our way." "Over." " Shall we go?" " I want to go to the hospital." " I'll call in for a car." " I'll take the bus." "Is the bus due anytime soon?" "Stop!" "What's the matter?" "Shit, I drank that water." " You don't drive?" " My license was revoked last year." " Why did you lend Sonny your car?" " I wanted to do him a favour." "You were carrying 400 pills, and you expect me to believe you're a law-abiding citizen?" " And you wouldn't dream of driving?" " No." "Did you give him the junk to dope up the girls he raped?" " Or did you fuck them?" " He might have stolen them from me." "And here you were such a nice guy and lent him your car and all!" " You sell drugs at school." " Who told you that?" "Sonny's in the next room." "We know what he's been up to." "I don't give a damn about the Rohypnol." "I'm going to nail you for rape, abduction and murder." "Quit trying to jerk me around and answer my questions, scumbag!" " Have you seen this man?" " He's gone missing." "He asked me about the car last Wednesday." "A scary guy." "I told him that Sonny had it, and he took off." " Without a word?" " He was packing a shotgun." "He told me he'd come back and shoot my balls off if I had lied to him." "Hello." "You're Sara's dad, aren't you?" " I'm Detective Linda Wallander." " Martin Bruck." "Why don't we sit down?" " How is she?" " They say she'll be fine, but..." "I'm with the CID." "We've taken charge here due to a range of odd circumstances." "Why was Sara in that area?" "Does she know anyone who lives there?" "No, and I'd know that." "We're new in town." "You do know that she had Rohypnol in her bloodstream?" " Where did it come from?" " How the hell should I know?" "We found your prints on Svendsen's car, but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?" "Well, then I'll tell you what happened." "He turned that shotgun on you because you had ruined his daughter's life." "So you killed him." "You saw the little boy and you panicked." "You took Svendsen's body over to the farm and left the car at the bus stop." "I have no idea what you're talking about." "I haven't done anything." "A while back this young fellow was sitting that very same chair." "He had seen the lists of the people who had died in the tsunami." "He picked out one of the families most affected by the tragedy." "He broke into their home and stole all their valuables." "But guess what he did before he left?" "He turned on every single faucet full blast." "When he was here I remember thinking that he was the most despicable and pathetic person I'd ever met." "Only now I know better." "Where did you used to live?" "We've moved a lot." "You have to go where the jobs are." "Most recently, we lived in Lund for a year." "Sara made friends and started hoping she would be able to stay." "She used the word "home" for the first time. "At home, in Lund"." "That's why it was so much harder to have to move." "Everything went wrong here." "She didn't want to go to school..." "The other kids bullied her." "She was in lots of fights." "Her form master is always calling." "Now the counsellor is involved." "Her form master, would that be Robert Folkesson?" "Listen, I'll be right back." "Listen, Dad:" "Anja, Tove and Sara had one thing in common." "I've talked to the DA and we both take the same line:" "You are under arrest for the murder of Carl Svendsen." "It doesn't bother me that you haven't talked - other people have." "What did he say?" "What the hell did he say?" "Who?" "Tove?" "Tove!" " Has she been moved?" " No." "She's not here." "We have a missing patient." "What?" "On the roof?" "How...?" "I know, Tove." "This is the hardest thing you've ever done." "But you're doing it for us." "I want to help you be just as courageous as I know you are." "Think of the times I've encouraged you to take that leap of faith." "If you're worried about the pain, you won't feel a thing, I promise." "Because when you fall, everything shuts down." "That's how we were designed, Tove dear." "It's only the moment beforehand that is a bit unpleasant." "You've got to be brave." "Let her go!" "It was you." "You picked them out." "It wasn't for the money, was it?" "You fucked them, you bastard!" "Then Anja died." "And you had to find a new girl." "New girls all the time..." "Damn you!" "Damn you!" "Do you know what you are?" "Yes, I do." "No!" "Oh, shit!" " Hello, wasn't it cold out there?" " Yes." "But this is something I've been dying to do all winter." " Did it fulfil your expectations?" " Sailing clears your mind." "It blows all those stale thoughts away." "I really needed that." "Yes, this was revolting." "We're going through the counsellor's belongings." " Have you seen the girls?" " Sara." "She's upset." "And she's moving back to Lund, so I guess she'll be okay." "Tove, on the other hand." "I don't know..." "I know this was hard on you." "But your dedication helped us crack the case." "This was painful." "Really painful." "The first time I went into Anja's room, it was like someone had hit me over the head." "I felt myself getting sucked in, right back to that awful time." "When I realised how utterly worthless I am, and how much better off everyone would be without me." "I cut myself, my arms." "But I managed to pull through it all." "The school nurse caught sight of my arms." "Then suddenly, there he was." "And he listened to me." "I put my faith in him." "I trusted him." "He got me out of that cesspool, gave me the opportunity to grow up." "He was the school counsellor." "By the way, I went to the flat to pick up some stuff." "This is for you." "Did you have this with you during all those hours at sea?" " Looks like a good letter." " Yes." "It's a very good letter."