" I'll pick you up at lunchtime." " I can walk myself." "Yes, yes." "I'll call then." "Bye." "Hello, Bengt Tavast." "Malin, what is it?" "Malin, what is it?" "Malin?" "Where are you?" "What's going on?" "Malin!" "Malin!" "Hello, is that the police?" "There's something happening ....." "9 00:03:24,826 -- 00:03:28,422 Malin!" " Do you think he's sick?" " Because he fell asleep on the Lill-Skansen?" "Because he's hot." "He didn't look at the monkeys once." " Actually, he's a little warm." " It's a fever." "We should take him to the doctor..." "Because of a mild fever?" "You never thought it was a problem when I had a temperature." " Who said that?" " Mum." "I was a very active child, remember." "But when I had a temperature I was sweetness and light." "Right?" "That could be true, but I still think we should check..." "Yes, Beck." "Right, where?" "Can you pick me up?" "I'm at Skansen." "The main entrance - ten minutes then." "OK." "Bye." " I'm sorry, honey." " Don't we need to take him to the doctor?" "No, you're probably right." "I tend to exaggerate for sure, it..." " Besides, you've got to go." " Tell that to the murderer." " And you said you'd cook dinner for us." " I will." "Lamb fillet and potato." "Go home and put William to bed, I'll be home by 5:30 to 6:00 ... sevenish." "Murder." "Probably killed here, not been moved." "There are some footprints, in amongst the moss and leaves..." "There's not much to go on." "Damn it." "A few hours off is all I ask for." "Baron Pepper just got on the pitch and what the hell do I get?" "Rape?" "It's the season." " Do we know who she's?" " Not yet." " What kind of line is it?" " A DT." " A what?" " Gin and Tonic." "GT." "DT, I actually said." "Dual-Tapert fly line." " How do you know all that?" " I've been fly fishing since I was 4." " What is it?" " No, nothing." "Look over here!" "Eva Lindskog." "Born... 77." " 24 years old." " Not any more." " Robban and Nick?" " On the road." " What have you got?" " Ölandsgt. 4." "Single, a student, childless." " Other relatives?" " I've traced the mother." "Here." " Has she been reported missing?" " She lived alone." "Hillman said she ..." "He said she was single, not alone." "There are single people with partners." "Not you." "Not me." "And not you." "And not Hillman, either." " An entire section of single people." " Oberg is married." " On paper, yes." "But she's..." " Stop it." "Who's taking the mother?" " I will." " Good." "Check if there have been any other attacks in Ågesta." "There haven't been any." "There was a woman attacked in the Stockholm region..." "Is it her?" "The victim?" " Eva Lindskog?" " No, Malin Tavast." " Haven't you heard about the attack?" " What attack?" "It's terrible." "Out at Tyresö." "Her husband is at home." "His phone rings." "He answers and hears his wife screaming for help." "He doesn't know where she is, she was on a bike ride." "He can't do anything." "Then he hears her getting weaker and weaker." " He calls the police, and then the phone goes quiet." " There's been no sign of her since." " Malin Tavast, you say?" " When did it happen?" "This morning." "I thought you'd found her body." " It's not her." " Who's Eva Lindskog?" "The murdered woman at Ågesta." "Who's investigating the assault?" " Tyresö police." "Should we contact them?" " Yes." "Someone should talk to the husband" " You think there's a connection?" " No idea." "Go now." " Bill and Ben." " Bill and Ben?" "They talk like Bill and Ben." "haven't you noticed?" "No, but now you mention it." "Do you think it's likely?" "The disappearance is connected to..." "I don't know." "Hopefully not." "Now we need to concentrate on Lindskog." "So now the summer season begins." "Soon they'll come in on a conveyor belt." "She was raped and strangled." "She's been dead for about three days." "She was probably murdered in the same place you found her." "Age you already know." "Otherwise, no special features." " Any semen for DNA analysis?" " No." "There's no ejaculate present That's not unknow in cases of rape." " In several cases ..." " We know." "Anything else?" "Traces of blue textile fibres under the nails." "They're being analysed now." " No grazes?" " No." " She was probably suffocated during the rape." " Rape?" "It could have been a mistake." "Some people stimulate each other in weird ways." "Use violence, suffocation toys." "Then it goes a bit further than intended." "Have you finished fantasising?" "If I say it's rape then it's rape." "A very brutal one." "I can show you the anal and vaginal injuries which the..." "Thank you, thank you, thank you." "That's not necessary." "It was only a guess." "She couldn't have put up much resistance." "Maybe she was in shock, terrified, unconscious." "No one knows what happened." "Robban has located the area where Malin Tavast was." "Through her mobile phone company." "It's in Tyresö." " But not the exact place?" " No. they've got dogs there now." "Poor man." "I'll go to Lindskog's mother now." " Tyresö..." " When they find her, we'll get the case." " Probably." " Probably?" "You think she's still alive?" "What can I do?" "I must be able to help." "I can't just sit here." "I've got a child who's cried herself to sleep, because her mother's gone." "How long can I lie to her?" " We can offer you support..." " No." "I want Malin home." " We can bring in a crisis support worker." " No, it'll only make matters worse." "My sister's coming." "Why don't you find her?" "More dog patrols are out looking." "They'll search through the night." "But we don't know what could have happened." "Daddy ..?" "Daddy ..?" " Is it lamb fillet, or what?" " Yes, but in pizza form." "I'm sorry." " What about him?" " He's fine." "He's asleep." " Have you given him Calpol?" " I'm not stuffing him full of medicine." "Inga, medicine is there to help." "I called the Doctor on the phone." "He said it was probably a three-day fever." "Has he been over here to see him?" "Dad, sometimes you are too much." "Do you think I can't take care of my own child?" "And young children can get three-day fevers many times. didn't you?" "No." "There you are, little darling." "I think you're hot, I do." "it'll be OK, you'll see." " No traces of a fight?" " Not directly." "It's difficult in woodland, you know." "We've heard from both of the SOCOs The risk is she's been abducted." " Or managed to escape." " Then she would have sounded the alarm." "Maybe she's wandering around." "Tucked behind a tree." " Hi." "Did you find her husband?" " We were there yesterday." "He's shattered." "She was on a bike ride." "They live near a recreation area, she often cycled out there." " Did he know if she met anyone on her rides?" " No." "They've got a seven year old daughter, too." "She came into the room and it was..." " It makes you ....." " Concentrates on the case." " Shall we go through the Lindskog case now?" " Okay." "we've found a bus driver who recognised her." "Thursday she took line 833, the 9.25 from Farsta beach." "She went on to Ågesta farm." "She asked him to call up the station." " Any more than that?" " A woman." "She lives in Ågesta and said Lindskog asked for directions to Ågestasjön." " Was she alone then?" " Yes." "And since then no one saw her with anyone?" " And no one has heard a noise or scream." " No." "Or seen a stranger in the area." " Maybe she met someone." " The question is why." " And who?" " I couldn't get hold of her mother until now." "Was she helpful?" "Did she say why Lindskog was at Ågesta?" "No, she'd been away." "She didn't know if Eva knew someone there." "She thought she might have gone for a walk in the woods." "She liked to do that." " Any more than that, I don't know." " Martin, Bengt Tavast called." "He's got something to tell us." "He's at home." "And Oberg wants to talk to you." " I think it's horrible." " Yes..." "Gang rape, rapes in pirate taxis..." "We're flooded with rapes, each one more and more brutal." "Last week in Alingsås another girl assaulted and raped." "She was on a picnic with her children." "The youngest saw everything." "It's horrible." " Yes, but what can we do?" "We..." " All we can do is pick up the pieces." "How does it really help a raped woman when we catch her rapist?" " It helps her relatives." " Yes, the..." " And it'll stop the rapist in the future." " Yes, I know." "I was just so... uff." "What about the other woman then?" "Any progress, yet?" "Tyresö police have found the bike." "And her mobile, in a wooded area." " But not her?" " No." "She's been taken." "So she could still be alive." " Have we contacted the hawks?" " Oh, yes." " Can they help?" " How?" "I don't know." "With anything, if she's still alive." " In that case it's not our department." " No." "Let's hope it's not." " I just need to talk to the police for a while." " I don't want you to." " Stay with Annika, I have to." " I don't want you to." "We'll soon be finished." "I won't be long" "Come on, let's go in the kitchen." "We can get something to drink." "Come on." " Shall we start." " Sit down." " We could come back later." " No, no, no." "It's okay." "I have to hold back like that when Lina's with me." "All her questions and staring." "And feeling so fucking powerless." "it's..." "She must have pushed the shortcut key to our home number." " Before she..." " You didn't know what she went out for?" "No, not then, but I know now." "That's why I called you." "She... went out to buy a present for me A birthday present." "A surprise." " How did you find out" " Her friend Marie told me." "she went to look at a bench. we've been after one for the kitchen..." " A peasant style wooden bench She found one she wanted to look at." " Wherewas she going to look at it?" " I don't know." "Out there somewhere, I guess." " Where did she find it?" " In an advertisement." " In a newspaper?" " Marie didn't know where." "And you haven't found a newspaper ad at home, or a note or anything?" "No." "How long do you think it'll take before you know something, .. find her?" "They said yesterday that I'd know something once you knew something." "Do you know something?" " Yes." " What?" "we've found her bike and her mobile phone." " Why haven't you told me before?" " We only found out just before we got here." " Where?" "Malin wasn't there?" " No, she wasn't... there." " What does it mean?" " We don't know yet." "But as soon as we do know ...." "If she's dead." "Or what?" "The poor fellow." "It's probably just a matter of time before the body shows up." " What a fucking birthday gift." " And who'll tell him that?" "Oberg." " Hey there!" " Hi." " What do you say?" "Remember these?" " Jo..." "Sure." "Some memories." "I got a yellow one for Christmas in '71." "I crept down onto it on Christmas Eve and didn't come up again before Christmas Day." "I found it on the garbage site." "People throw anything out nowadays." " Last week I found a brand new Macintosh." " A computer?" "Yes." "But I gave it to the postman." "Computers are a lousy fucking idea." "An Australian scientist made a mutant arm, you know." "Then he discovered that it had grown a tail out of the armpit." "You, what do you think of these?" " Very Fine." "Were they in the rubbish, too?" " No." "I bought them in London." " Have you ever been to London?" " Yes, why shouldn't I have been?" "What kind of attitude is that?" "Come on, come here." "My brother and I sold clogs on Carnaby Street." "Four-pound a pair." "The customers thought they were platform shoes from Lapland." "Silly bastards." "What the hell?" "Hey, there must be a hole in the bag." "It was a..." "Martin!" "Martin!" "Hey, what's that?" "it's from forensics." "They've examined Lindskog's apartment." "This is could be interesting." "A small torn off bit of paper with a number on it." " 070-426." "The rest is gone." " Let's see." "It was by the rubbish bin." "She must have meant to chuck it out but missed the bin." " The garbage skip?" " Emptied." "I think it's a clipping from one of those ads that people stick up." "Maybe she was responding to one of those, and wanted to buy something." " In the middle of the woods?" " To hell with that." "Malin Tavast went to look at a bench, she'd seen in an ad." " Who said that?" "Her husband?" " Yes." "He didn't know what ad though." "It was to be a surprise for him on his birthday or something." "Was Lindskog also after a bench?" "Look here!" " Measurements for a kitchen bench." " Possibly." "Lindskog and Malin could have seen the same ad." " Both of them could have met the same person." " Unfortunately." " Where're Robban and Nick?" " Ringing door bells at Lindskog." "Tell them to look for ads local to the area." "In bars, shops, entrances to flats, everywhere." "And the same round Malin's area." "Here's the ad. it's the same mobile number." "And it's a kitchen bench." "Yes, Nick called from Tyresö, and he's found a similar one there." " Strange." "He uses his mobile." " Why?" " We can listen in and track it." " Maybe he doesn't know that." " Then we're chasing an amateur." " I'll check the number." "And you!" "Just in case it's not stolen, get a search warrant." "We can assume the perpetrator contacted the victims via the number strip ads..." " Arranges a meeting, then rapes and suffocates them." " They?" " Sorry." "Eva Lindskog." "There are a couple things that overlap." "With Malin, too?" "Yes, several." "Should I go to husrunden?" "No, stay out there for a bit longer." "So what do we do now then?" " With what?" " we've found the ads." "More tiptoeing around when we've got the number of the probable murderer?" " You want us to go public with that?" " Yes, aren't we obliged to?" "Maybe." "But only when we've found Malin." "It's most likely the same man in both cases." "And if we go public about the ads ..." "... he'll know we're onto him." "But maybe then he stops, so we save lives." "We warn off any possible future victims." "Once it's public knowledge they'll hardly call up a murderer for a bench." "No..." "The phone is not reported stolen." "It's registered to a Kent Svanborg." " Is he in our records?" " No." "We'll check all calls." " Should we listen in?" " Immediately." " I'll contact the public prosecutor." " Get the passport photo of Svanborg." "Chase up Gunvald for the search warrant?" "Now we've got a chance." "And we'll..." "Beck!" "Hi, dear." "What, how high is it?" "Yes, I did say so." "I said he needed to be ..." "Try to get him drink plenty of water." "As much fluid as possible ." "And ice." "Yes?" "Yes, I'll call in as soon as I can." "Kos." "Sorry, that was my daughter." "William isn't so..." "What is it?" "it's a search warrant." "You can get ice on the way." "I told her at the zoo he was hot." "But she took no notice." "Can young children get a fever without it being serious?" " I've not got any children." " But you were one once." "Have you got time for a little ransacking?" "Maybe it's him." "No, that's not the key." "This lock has obviously been changed." "Strange." " Why?" " that's a new dirk secure lock." " I don't have the keys for that." " When did you see him last?" "I think he's away." "We could ask his neighbour." "She waters his plants." "Hi Elin." "Have you got a key to Svanborg's door?" "He's out." " You want to borrow it?" " Yes, we need to check something." "You'll get it back again." "Elin is a bit special." "She keeps track of everything that happens in this house." "Good." "Thank you." "I'll bring it back afterwards." "Goodbye." " It wasn't Svanborg." " No, we know." "Make it fast." "And keep away from the window, in case he comes back." " See here." "A book about fly fishing." " Fishing line." "Isn't this a GT line?" " DT." "Yes, it is." " Let's see." " And it's been cut." " We'll take it." " What are you doing?" " Checking if his mobile is here." " Are you ringing the ad number?" " Yes." "Hi, my name is Linda Svensson." "I'm calling about the kitchen bench." "I'm very interested." "You can reach me on 0704-97 20 86 Goodbye." "What are you doing?" "What number was that?" "My private number." "And it's secret, so he's only got that and a fake name." " Smart." " Idiotic." "You've made yourself a decoy?" " we've just started listening in on his line." " But this could be faster." " Tracing his cell phone is fast enough ..." " Martin!" " Martin." "What's done is done." " What will you do if he calls?" " Arrange a meeting." " Just like that?" "With a killer." "Blow it out." "Pull back, put him off and check whether he's got a car that..." "He's got a blue Audi." "Ay." "Call the Technicians and tell them to monitor the apartment." "I'll stay here for a bit." " What will you do?" " Take the temperature." "Hi, my name is Linda Svensson." "I'm calling about the kitchen bench." "I'm very interested." "You can reach me on 0704-97 20 86 Goodbye." "Thank you for the loan." "I'm Martin Beck, from the police." " Can I come in a bit?" " Yes, that's probably OK." "Come in." " Go in and sit down." " Thank you." "We understand that Kent Svanborg's away." "Do you know where he's gone to?" " He's gone fishing." " Ay." "Where?" " Norrland somewhere." "He loves to fish." " But you don't know where exactly?" " No." " How long will he be gone for?" "It tends to be for a couple of weeks." "He'll come back home soon." "I check his mail and water the plants." "I'm retired, on disability grounds." "Work related." "I'm usually home during the day." " Are there any other keys to the apartment?" " Yes, he's got one too." "He changed the lock a while ago." "Do you know why?" "No, you'll have to ask him." "Has anything happened to him?" "No, no." "We just want to contact him." "Sorry." "Yes, Beck." "When?" " What's happened?" " His fever got worse and he got a stiff neck." "And... he got cramp in the taxi." "And as soon as we got here they took him inside" "I don't know what..." "I don't know..." " What's wrong?" " William has ..." " Willihelm." " Willihelm probably has meningitis." " What's that?" " An inflamation round the brain." " Is it serious?" "Will he need to be ..?" " If it's the virus form it's not too serious." "But if it's bacterial then..." "That's a bit more serious." " When will you know if it's bacterial?" " We need to perform a lumbar puncture." "A spinal examination to determine what type of meningitis it is." "You'll be notified as soon as we get the results." " it's good they're on to it." "Sit down." " I should have come here sooner." " I know, I told you that." " You just said that he felt a bit warm." "I couldn't know." "The Doctor on the phone said..." " Ice!" "You twerp." " Inga love, we've got to calm ourselves down." "Yes, but these things usually fix themselves." "My mobile's ringing now." "I'd better take it." "I'll call you later." "Bye." "Hello?" "Yes." "That's me." "You..." "Yes, that's right." "What kind of bench is it?" "I'd really like to see it." "Theoretically, I can anytime." "That'll be a little difficult." "Tonight I'm busy, I'm afraid." "Can you make it tomorrow morning, about half past nine?" "Excellent." "Where do you live then?" "Wouldn't it be easier for me to come straight over to your house then?" "Okay then, I'll see you there." "That's fine." "Bye." "You decided to arrange a meeting yourself?" "What else should I have done?" "Tell him I wasn't interested anymore?" " For a start." " Now can we get to him." "By exposing Alice .... for what?" "We're talking about a sick, unknown killer." "We don't know who he is or where he is." "The call came from Stockholm." " How did he sound?" " Calm. there was something about his voice." "I got the feeling I'd heard it before." "He called himself Rune Fjällgård." "Hillman's checking the name." "It has to be invented." "The mobile was clocked, it was Kent Svanborg's." "Anyone can call from a mobile phone." "It wasn't necessarily Svanborg." " His mobile hasn't been reported stolen." " He could have lost it." "And someone could have found it and just started using it to kill women." "What?" " Did he ask if you were coming alone?" " No." "Strange." "He doesn't know if you'll have someone with you." "It's probably a risk he needs to take." "If he asks it would be suspicious." " He needs to take that chance." " Probably." " And are you ready for this?" " I've seen Eva Lindskog." "I've been to Bengt Tavast's home." "I'm more than prepared to do it." " Where is it, the meeting place?" " it's located here." " Not just any forest." " No." " He's changed the pattern." " Yes." "Why?" "He thinks we've found Lindskog." "He knows that we're looking for Malin." "it's a difficult place to cover." "We need to be as close as hell." "Yes, not just that." "Any defence counsel could cite this as clear provocation .... entrapment." "And then we'll have the all of upstairs after us." "I don't like this." "he's late." " Check the rider." " It's a girl." "Check anyway." "She may have seen something." "No, we've blow it." " Did he see the cyclist?" " No." " Why didn't he turn up, then?" " He suspects you're police." "Why?" "Linda Svensson with a secret number." "Plenty of girls have a secret number." "Because he's killed before he's being careful..." "Our Ad Man is being ultra cautious." " We're jumping one step ahead." " Maybe he got stuck in traffic." "Hey, it's Linda Svensson again." "It's past eleven, and you haven't come yet." "Can you call me back." "Maybe I got the wrong the time." "But I'm still very interested in the bench." "Bye." "Martin agrees with me." "We can't wait any longer." " And now we're going to make it public?" " Yes, because there's a killer on the loose." "Who could strike again at anytime." "The victims should be warned." "Or have you got anything better to suggest?" " And what should we do?" " Find Kent Svanborg." " Do I need to hand the case over to a new leader?" " Why?" "Because Martin's got other priorities just now." " Do I need to do that?" " No." " Is she cold or is she cold?" " She's the boss." " it's could be her age." " Icy?" " Like you are already." " Me?" "What are we talking about now?" " You." " Me?" "How am I cold?" " Yes?" " Is that Linda Svensson?" " Yes." " Hey, it's Rune Fjällgård." "I'm sorry about this morning." "I was up to my kneck in stuff." "Are you still interested?" " It sounds like he's driving." " Hello?" "I can't hear that well, but yes, I'm definitely interested in the bench." "That's good." "Can we meet at the same place, at seven o'clock this evening?" " I can make that." " Good." "And this time .... .... don't send Alice Levander." "I don't like cops." "You know what it is?" "Yes, unfortunately it's a case of a bacterial meningitis." " How bad, we don't know yet." " So what does it mean then?" " It means the situation is serious." " What are you going to do then?" "We'll give him antibiotics intravenously." " I'm just going to the toilet." " Yes, yes." "Sorry!" "Sorry, I just want to ask you." "How serious is this really?" "I didn't want to ask you in there, for my daughter's sake ..." "Because it is a bacterial form it's concerning." "Some of them can be life-threatening." " Life-threatening?" "So he could die from it?" " Yes, at worst." "But there's no reason to worry about that yet." "I'll be back soon." "He can't possibly have known that Linda Svensson was you." " Or what?" " No." "So he decided on a meeting to see if Linda existed, and so did you." " But how does he know who I am?" " I don't know." "He must have been around and seen me." " So he's ahead of the game." " Yes." "Have you called Martin?" "What did he say?" "That we shouldn't have set up the trap." "Police have issued a warning about a wanted man suspected of the murder of Eva Lindskog." "The suspect is also being linked to the disappearance of Malin Tavast last Sunday." "Both had arranged to meet a seller in response to an advert for a bench." "Stockholm police are warning the public not to contact the so-called ad man." "The ad has been seen on notice boards in Tyresö and Kärrtorp with the number..." " Calvados." " How did you get in?" "I lied a little, I said I had cancer of the tongue and needed to see my brother." " Have you got any glasses?" " Sure." "Sit down." " Anything new on Malin Tavast?" " No." "They've drafted in the army to search." "I wonder how her husband is taking it." "He must have heard about the link with Eva Lindskog." "Yes, poor fellow." "Plastic glass for Calvados?" "I'd rather drink straight from the bottle." "Okay..." "Cheers." " I've found him." " Who?" "Rune Fjällgård." "From Stockholm, 55." "Convicted of seven rapes." "At large." " So there's a Rune Fjällgård?" " He's on our records." " And he's 55 years old?" " Yes." " When was the last rape?" " The last known rape was five years ago." "But how did he get hold of the mobile?" "And then to use his real name." "Insane." " Have we caught up with him." " We're working on it." "Yes..." "Hasta luego!" "Damn..." "Rune Fjällgård." "We'd like to talk to you." " I haven't done anything." " You've done too fucking much." "Shall we start?" "Rune Fjällgård." "Good name." "You're aware we know about your record, aren't you?" "Do you get a release when you rape someone?" "No response." "Did you get your release when you raped Eva Lindskog?" " Who's that?" " Don't you know the name of your victim?" " Have you got a mobile phone?" " No." " But you know how to use one?" " Do you think I'm stupid?" "You are stupid and ugly." "I can understand why you have to rape to get a fuck." " Shall we step out the back or what?" " You shouldn't be threatening me." "You just grab anyone and harrass them to get what you want." "That's your style, isn't it, Gunvald Larsson." "Like I said right at the beginning, your short-term memory is sadly lacking." " Do you know who Kent Svanborg is?" " No." "Too bad." "Do you have an alibi for Thursday, last week?" " I haven't done anything." " Nobody ever has when they're in here." "They only ever help blind women cross the road and rescue lost cats." "No one has ever done anything." " Were you in Ågesta on Sunday, Rune?" " I am not a murderer." "No, I know you aren't, Rune, but I've got to ask you, damn it." " Nick and Robban tried to check his alibi." " Fruitless." "Fjällgård couldn't prove it either." "Our perpetrator is using his head." "It's certainly strange that he called himself Rune Fjällgård." " A known rapist's name." "Why?" " Maybe he knows him." "Someone who was inside with him;" "deliberately deflecting the blame onto Fjällgård." "Turn off the engine." "Get out of the car with your hands up." "Turn around!" "Move three steps back." " Gunvald!" "they've got Svanborg." " Where?" "Essingeleden. they're bringing him in." "He's got a blue sweater on." " Send it for analysis." " Done." "The car has already gone to forensics." " Where's he been?" " Loukta Mountains, so he says." "I'll call Martin." "Have you questioned him?" "I want Alice to interview him." "Alone." "Because she knows what a DT line is." "Yes, do it." "Soon you'll be going home, you'll see." "there's a particular respiratory bacteria." "Haemophilus influenzae." "I don't care what they call it." "Is it dangerous?" "In certain cases." "But William is going to..." " Willhelm." " Willhelm, sorry." "Willhelm got here in such good time we've confident things will go well." " Can I go in to him?" " Sure." "In certain cases, you said." "What does that mean?" "This bacterium has a mortality rate of 5%." "It's pretty low." "Other types of meningitis have much higher mortality rates." "I understand." "We are very grateful to you..." " When will we know that he's over it?" " Pretty soon." "How much has the snow melted?" "And the water level is high then." "It's blowing up there, so which flies are taking?" "You're sure?" "Good." "Thank you." "Martin wanted you to..." "Soften him up a bit before I take over." " Why does he want me to start?" " Because you're cold." "Hello." "Do you mind if we video our chat?" "I don't know." "No." "I haven't done anything." " You're called Kent Svanborg, huh?" " Yes." "Wednesday 2nd June, at 7.30.pm, Kent Svanborg interrogated by Alice Levander." "Or should I call myself Linda Svensson?" "I don't really..." " You've been on a fishing trip for two weeks?" " Yes." " Were you alone on the trip?" " Yes." " Where've you been?" " In the Loukta Mountains." "I'm showing the subject a ticket with the telephone number 070-426 7385." " Is that your number?" " Yes." " Where's your mobile?" " At home." " Didn't you take it with you?" " No." " Whereabouts in the Loukta mountains were you?" " By Gråberget. it's situated on a..." " I know it." "By Storselet?" " Yes." "Why?" " And did you catch any trout in the pond?" " No, the water level was too high, so..." " Too bad." "It's usually good for a fly." " Sure." "But not now." " Why not?" " The wind's too high." " No luck then?" " Not round there." " Do you know a Rune Fjällgård?" " No." "Who's he?" "we've searched your flat ..." "What the hell are you doing?" "!" "Going through my flat?" "There was no mobile phone in there." "Do you have any explanation for that?" "We went through the flat again after the interrogation, and the phone was there then." " In his apartment?" " In the bookcase." " It wasn't there when we searched it first." " we've monitored the apartment ever since." " Strange." "Do you think it's him?" " I doubt it." "He was probably up in the Loukta Mountains for both the murder and the assault." " You can read the interrogation?" " He was right about everything." "The high water level, wind speed, flies, all spot on." " How do you know that?" " I called before and checked." " Couldn't he have done the same?" " Yes, but..." "But what?" "What have we got here?" "A guy with no concrete alibi." "But he does have a mobile phone that hasn't been reported stolen." "It's number was used in the ad which you yourself called." "We've got a guy with a blue sweater." "And the fishing line Lindskog was strangled with." "What are we talking about here?" "You've talked to the ad man on the phone, twice." " Was it Svanborg's voice?" " It's hard to say." "The first time I reacted to something, but now I don't know." "Turn it round." "If we say Svanborg is telling the truth." "What've we got then?" "Did someone get into the apartment, steal his mobile and put it back again?" "And how?" "There's just one extra key to the apartment, that's with his neighbour." "Neither door nor lock was tampered with." "How did he get in?" "Through the letter box?" "Is this X-files?" "Do you think it's the neighbour?" " we've talked to him." " Is it something serious?" " I hope not." " When is he coming home then?" " Soon." "Where are his keys?" " Here." "Why do you ask that?" "Because someone could have been in there while he was away." "Someone apart from you." " Yes, I've got the keys." " Have you had any visitors in recent weeks?" "Good Lord, no." "Actually someone selling the Watchtower tried to get in." " Do you believe in God?" " Sometimes." "Could you have forgotten to lock up?" "Little Miss, I might be on sick leave but I'm not stupid." "I can lock a door." "Would you like some coffee?" " She seems to have the key alright." " Yes." " Not that good for Svanborg." " Yeah, maybe." " How can you believe in God sometimes?" " It goes up and down." " I'm going to the Lian Veranda." " What's that?" "A good Mongolian restaurant on Krukmakargatan which is close to here." " In this city ..?" " Do you fancy it?" "An ice cube like me?" "Yes, what the hell?" "Sod the report." "I need to throw down a GT." " don't pull so hard." "Not so hard." " But he has to learn." "Otherwise we'll never discipline him." "Come on now, Alfons." "Come on, now walk on." "Hi, Joseph, it's Martin." "Yeah, that's okay." "I want you to find all the old files on Rune Fjällgård." "Go through each one, from start to finish." "I don't know." "But I've got a feeling the solution is in there somewhere." "Exactly." "I'll wait to hear from you." "There's someone looking for you." "He's stood over by the elevator." " Martin Beck?" "Bengt Tavast." " Yes." "I read about the murder of Eva Lindskog." "Are you leading the investigation?" "Yes." "But now my grandson..." "Do you think there's a connection with the murder?" "That it's the same person that's taken Malin?" " We fear it could be, yes." " But you don't know it, for sure?" " No." " When will you know it?" "Bengt, come with me." "Right now, ...." "Sit down." "Right now all the police in the area are working to solve this." "They were two horrendous incidents, but we are doing everything in our power..." "I can guess what's happened." "I'm not stupid." "I understand that Malin won't come back." "That she's..." "I try to speak to people, but what can they say?" "Right?" "It's strange." "You live a normal life together, then there's no one ..." "People you've known for years turn away as if you've got the plague." "I need to talk to someone, but to say what?" "I need to say Malin isn't coming back." "That she's..." "That she's gone." "But you..." "As long as she isn't found there's still hope." "there's no hope. don't say that." "there's no hope!" "When you find her, so..." "Do you know which ideas are the hardest?" "What he's done to her." "Not that she won't come back but what he's done to her." "How she'll look when you..." "Need something?" "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come here and..." "I hope your grandson will be fine soon." " Yes, hi." "What have you got?" " Fjällgård committed his 2nd rape in '71." "The victim was called Elin Wennqvist." "Do you know her?" " Thanks." " Is he still in any danger?" " No, we don't think so." "There, you see." "Good, huh?" "Are you OK, now?" "Do you think I could slip away just for a little while?" "Dad, you've been amazing." "The whole time." "I want you to know that." "Go on, now." "Go." "I'm sorry to call so early." "It doesn't matter." "I'm usually around at this time." "You want some?" "I like one about now." " Yes please." " Cheers." "Yes, what do you want to ask about?" " Rune Fjällgård." " Who's he?" " Is that what he looks like today?" " Yes." " He raped me." " Yes, we know that." " Does Kent Svanborg know about it?" " Why should he know?" " Perhaps you mentioned it to him." " What are you looking for?" "Someone who's raped and killed a woman, who calls himself Rune Fjällgård." " Isn't it him?" " No." "Okay." "Then there must be another one." " Besides, he knows who you are." " The Murderer?" " Do you feel anxious?" " No." "A little bit, maybe." " Have you got protection?" " No." " Need any company?" " Yes, .... during the day." "What are you like?" " Are you back, then?" " For the moment." "Why?" " You were needed here." " I was needed there, too." "You can always replace a police officer." "It only became a problem once we seemed to have a stagnant murder case." " Take over the investigation yourself, then." " it's not my area of expertise." " We need to stop a violent killer!" " That's enough." " What is it?" " Nothing!" "Margaret..." "I've worked with you on plenty of murder cases." "You've never reacted like this before." "What is it?" "Yes, I..." "Many years ago a close relative was raped by a man who was never caught." " I saw what it did to her." " I understand." " She became pregnant." " Jesus." " Did she have an abortion?" " No." "She gave birth to the child?" "Some women can't have an abortion." "They can't do it." "She just couldn't." "But wasn't the child a perpetual reminder of... yes?" "It was my sister." " Joseph!" "Joseph?" " Yes?" "Find out if Elin Wennqvist had any children, and when they're born." " But what was it that ..?" " Sorry." "And thanks." "What did you tell him?" "Someone else will be taking your desk, unless you get up some steam." "Yes, there has been some." "But we need to talk, okay?" "Goodbye, friend." "Elin Wennqvist has a son called Jesper." "Born 3rd February 1972, nine months after the rape." "Jesper..." "He has been in and out of mental hospital since he was 11 years old." "He was last discharged a few months ago." "One of his doctors ..." " Described him as extremely unbalanced with a deep sexual disturbance." "I've requested his medical records." " Where does he live?" " Initially on Dala street, but not now." "We're working on it." "Get hold of a picture of him fast as hell and notify Gunvald and Alice." "How did we miss it?" "A son?" "Why didn't she tell us about him?" " She hasn't had the opportunity." " Or she's protecting him." "That was him!" "The one on the stairs." "That Alice ran after." "That's why she recognised his voice." " Hi. haven't we met before?" " Yes, in that doorway." "I asked ..." "It was there, yes." "You had a Police badge ...." "Alice Levander." "We were so damn close to him we could have taken him on the stairs." " Isn't she answering?" " Call denied." "She never turns her mobile off." " Is this him?" " Yes." "We met him on the stairs." "Was he visiting you?" " Yes." " Why didn't you tell us?" "He comes quite often, as children tend to do." " Where is he now?" " I don't know." " Where does he live then?" " He doesn't stay here." "He rents an apartment in Ynglingagatan 2" " Which floor?" " First." "Robban, it's Martin." "He has an apartment in Ynglingagatan 2, first floor." "I want to talk about Jesper." "Alice!" "it's Gunvald!" " You were 19, when Fjällgård raped you?" " 20" " And you became pregnant?" " Yes." " Was it a difficult decision?" " What?" "To keep the baby." "No, I'd always wanted one, and it was mine." "And didn't it bother you ..... never knowing ..?" " Jesper has been sick." " Everyone can get ill." "But not like him." "He has been in the care of..." "Jesper has never been like other children." "Even as a child he was different." "But there's nothing strange in it." "I loved him." "He was just a bit special." " Why?" " Yes, he wasn't like everyone else." " He didn't like the other children." " Why not?" "He wanted to be with me." "We were always together." " He's been in care since he was 11." " They lied!" " Who?" "Doctors?" " All of them." "Everyone lied." "One said we were harmful to each other." "Imagine, a mother and her child!" "No..." " How did you feel?" " What do you think?" "They said he was crazy." "It was just a lie." "He wasn't mad." "You know as well as I do." "Each time they took him..." " So what did you do?" " What would you do?" "If it had been your kid?" "They came through and said he needed to go with the doctor." "He needed to be with me." "He wasn't sick!" "He's never been sick." "He's always just been a little different." "Beck." "What the hell ..?" "He's got an apartment in Ynglingagatan 2" "Robban and Nick are on their way." "Yes, I'll come too." "Good." "I'd be grateful if you stay here until I contact you again." " What did he want?" " What have you done?" "Don't lie to me." "Have you taken your pills?" "What have you done to those girls?" "Nothing stops you, does it?" "Stop, Jesper." "Stay here, Jesper!" "He's not here." "Not there?" "Fuck, what do we do now?" "I should have stuck with Alice." "The lift was full of..." "Where do we begin to look for her?" "Beck?" "Yes." "Where?" "Do you know where he's gone?" "OK, I understand." "Thank you." " That was Elin." " What fucking factory?" " It should be somewhere on the waterfront." " He did work experience there." " That solves it." "He heard that Svanborg was away for 14 days, helps himself to his key,..." " Takes his mobile and starts his fucking ad campaign." " Why did he phone back, though?" " I don't know." "To shift the blame to Svanborg." " And I fell for it." " We both did." "What're you staring for?" "Don't stare!" "That's better, right?" "I hate people staring." "They just stare and stare." "Do you understand that?" "!" "Why the hell did you phone?" "Why can't you leave me alone?" "I haven't done anything." "Ihaven't done anything!" "Ouch, it hurts." "Just like sticking plasters on your ears and pulling them off." "I had protruding ears." "The plasters flattened them to my head every night ..." " But they were stuck to my hair when they pulled them off in the morning." "Women pull out the hair on their legs like that, with wax." "Do you do that?" "Do you have hairs on your legs?" "I think about that." "I like it." "Should I give you a sound?" "Did you ever guess a sound when you were little, Alice?" "It's fun." "I was always doing it." "In the playground I'd close my eyes." "What do you think this is?" "it's not difficult, it's a lighter." "This is worse." "What's this?" "it's the kind of nylon line you need to look out for." "If I tie it round your neck you won't stare anymore." "I can remove the tape, but then you'll need to keep your eyes shut all the time." "If you start to stare again..." "Malin Tavast?" "Take care of her." "Alice?" "No, Alice!" "I'm going to kill the fucking bastard." "Satan!" "Martin!" "Martin!" "Hell fire!" "Mommy?" "I..." " He's here." " Again?" " On the road." " On the Way?" "Elin?" "It's Martin Beck." "Where's Jesper?" "Everything is my fault." "A Mistake that I gave birth to him." "A mistake that I told him." "When did you know?" "He began to accuse me of a lot of things." "Always blamed things on me." "Everything was suddenly my fault." "He hated me, and he'd..." "He should..." "Finally, I told him ... ." "That his father was a rapist called Rune Fjällgård." "And hadn't he known about that before?" "I thought it would help him if I told him about it but ..." "It was obviously a mistake." " Where are they taking her?" " For psychiatric assessment, I think." " Anyway, it's not on our desks anymore." " Thank goodness." "I'll say hello then I'm outta here." "I'll visit her properly later." "Hello, hello." "Look who's coming to say hello to his little king." "Can you see what your grandpa has brought you?" "I'm terribly sorry." "Hillman must have have mixed up the room numbers." "I'll come back later." "It was Joseph, he..." "mixed up the room numbers" " Grandfather, when can we go to see the monkeys?" " I don't know." "What do you say?" "On Sunday, maybe."