FROZEN TRACKS

IT'S AUTUMN IN GOTHENBURG AND AN ANXIOUS MOTHER CALLS THE POLICE; HER LITTLE BOY WAS LURED INTO A CAR BY A MAN OFFERING SWEETS. THE CHILD IS RETURNED UNHARMED BUT THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH A LITTLE GIRL, AND THEN ANOTHER. EACH CHILD ATTENDS A DIFFERENT NURSERY, AND EACH PARENT CONTACTS A DIFFERENT POLICE STATION, SO, AT FIRST, NO CONNECTION IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE INCIDENTS AND THE REPORTS ARE FILED AND FORGOTTEN. MEANWHILE DCI WINTER IS INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF RANDOM ATTACKS ON STRANGELY UNCOOPERATIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, BUT WHEN A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY IS ABDUCTED AND FOUND INJURED, THE FORGOTTEN FILES RESURFACE AND A LINK BETWEEN THE STORIES BECOMES APPARENT. AS GOTHENBURG PREPARES FOR CHRISTMAS, WINTER IS IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TO PREVENT A HORRIFIC CATASTROPHE.