Police detective Eva Thörnblad returns to her hometown of Silverhöjd, seven years after her daughter Josefine disappeared beside a forest lake.

At the same time, she deals with the death and probate of her late father and his large timber felling, silver mining and processing business, Thörnblad Mineral & Cellulosa.

They discover that the children's disappearances are inextricably tangled with the conflict between locals, who depend on Thörnblad Mineral & Cellulosa, and mystical beings protecting the forest and surroundings.

[8] In season two, set in early 2017, Eva is back in Stockholm, trying to find missing teenagers and to solve the mystery of a man who dies as he turns to stone.

The New York Times called Jordskott "a police procedural with elements of contagion thriller and vampire tale," which is arranged "so adroitly that it requires surprisingly little suspension of disbelief.