Higher justice

Sebastian Bergman is back in the game against a brutal assailant

Police psychologist Sebastian Bergman has resigned himself to the idea that his days in the murder squad are numbered, and has returned to lecturing and writing. But not for long…

Bergman's daughter, Vanja, has moved out of Stockholm and found a temporary job as a criminal investigator in Uppsala, where she is currently investigating a series of rapes. The perpetrator attacks women from behind—injecting them with an anaesthetic and placing a jute sack over their head.

When one of the victims dies, the National Murder Commission is called in on the case—and shortly afterwards, so is Sebastian Bergman. The fractured team must put their personal problems and disagreements aside and try to apprehend the brutal assailant.

The investigators manage to discover that the perpetrator does not choose his victims at random. But what connects them?

All six instalments of the series featuring the psychologist Sebastian Bergman have sold over 5 million copies worldwide. German television channel ZDF, in cooperation with Sweden's SVT, has produced a popular television adaptation.