Summary

In the Prologue, a beggar appears in the neighborhood during the summer. In August, he posts a story mentioning a member of the government at the bus stop. A medical intern sees it. She is interested from my medical standpoint and thinks that the beggar is schizophrenic. Then she gets on the bus and even though she feels uneasy, she forgets about it. Then, one night, the beggar has a fight with a drunk man. Afterwards, he goes back to his neighborhood and dies.

In Chapter 1, a writer approaches the beggar’s body and notifies the police. The police examine the scene and decide not to cordon off the area. The man carries no identification and even though the authorities think it will be easy to identify him, they cannot do so. The medical examiner Dr. Fredrika Nyman discovers Mikael Blomkvsit's phone...