The successful detective writer, Erica Falck, is thinking that her next book should be based on a true mysterious event from her childhood. When she was only 13 years old one of her dear friends and classmate Peter boarded a bus and then disappeared. Erica has been unable to let go of the tragic event and her first meeting with a real mystery. As she starts digging deeper into what really happened to Peter it seems as if she has awakened a sleeping beast. When Erica's only connection to Peter, his brother Ivan, who is on his way to see her, gets stabbed and murdered her mission becomes not only to solve the mystery about Peter but also to find out who killed Ivan. During a high school reunion party the heat builds up when Tina, Peter and Ivan's enigmatic sister, unexpectedly shows up and later at the party another murder is committed that leads Erica closer to the truth about what actually happened to the missing Peter.
Cinematography
Swedish coastal gloom that makes grief look gorgeous.
Writing
Erica weaponizes her own trauma like a literary detective should.
Director
Richard Holm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Claudia Galli Concha played Erica in six Fjällbacka films, making her Sweden's accidental queen of cozy crime.
The 'Swedish crime wave' peaked in the 2010s with Wallander and Dragon Tattoo — this is the softer, coastal cousin.
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