Persson lost his job at the police because talking to a journalist about his knowledge about the Geijer case, but denied in the preface of the book (Grisfesten) which he wrote soon after, that it had any connections to the affair.

[1] A robber calmly holds up a post-office in Stockholm at Saint Lucy's Day 13 December.

The policemen Johansson and Jarnebring are the first on the scene and they chase the robber, who escapes.

Shortly after, someone dies in a car accident and a dead body is found at a graveyard.

After a while it is clear that these incidents have something to do with the robbery, and when the policemen are investigating further, they are beginning to reveal a bigger scandal.