桥第_;一季

　　The halves of two bod[_ies, one b/,*el\ong@\ing to% a female,\ Swedish politician, are discove =red in\+ the m_:iddle of the Øre!_sund=, Bridge,=;, wh?ic *`\h connects Copenhagen in D]enmark wi,$#th _`Malmö ^`*in Swe@!%[den. -]The @++%body, c,%$ut in ha+lf at the w]aist, h?@as been [)?placed *pr$.e:c^$/isely on the border
between th.e countries%$ ^, :![ thus falling under t]::he jurisdiction of bo)+%#th^(\\ the Dan_@is_h =%and#_ Sw# *edish police agenc=*_)ies@. ?
#After f\,u$#rth er exami(nation, it turns @].)out that the _body is that ) .( of two *$%se @ parate c!orpses, with one `
half]] belonging#
 to a/ Da nish prost*itute. Sa#;ga Norén, # from t !+he Swedish s(ide, and?- (Martin Rohde, from th_;.e Danish, lead [the investigatio?n to catch% ^ the murderer.[4][5]$　　The i-n-!ves?[tiga*ti]_on
quick ly esc: !ala#:=tes as a journalist, Da#-niel ! Ferbé*#:\,, whose c#=ar =\.wa/%s used ,]i(( n th@]`e cri(me, begi .//ns receivin-;g :#?phone calls. The ]caller, who:( be=c)[omes k
nown as_-[! the^;;#) "Tr%.*]uth Terrorist& ? q)uot, *?claims to b\ )e commi:]tting$; his*= crimes in or*der to dr[,(aw at+@tention to vario us[  social p#?roble::ms. A s]_oci\`al wo%$rker?, S; tefan L/i\n@_d[be:@?rg,-?` whose sister(*+ becomes a vic .tim of the Truth)! \
$Terrorist,:) become
@s an ear% ly s: (u^sp ,_ect ][[. H,ow ever, events soon ;,lead $\=
the Dani;sh and Swe?,-dish/) #)teams t`o conc#=lude that )the killer) has! connections to the /police. They discover _])t* --\hat t/?)h!=_e ^: crimes ha+ve been planned over=* a,#% per[ !iod of %.sever.@,@al/# years. Th +e^ trail eventuall] y leads (!them =to Jens, a Danish po +liceman a$n,d f; ormer* close frie]!nd of M artin's, `who was thought to have commit,=ted suicide after an*,[ a(@:ccid@ +*ent o%-n th!#(e`
 bridge c\[;aused$ th,e deaths of# his/(- w@=ife and son.　　In the course of th@e investigatio+n,)- Martin a?\ n

d Saga de)ve,lop a c!(l_
,^ose workin^g relations@`+hip\ , alt\=*hough they are ve
#[ry  _(dif/=fe*rent$.. people.[=. Martin ha ^%s a tw-
enty-y`/)_!e$( ar old son ; f (ro] m his !+$f)irst marri;#age,/ [
August,[: wh\$o i@^s#; now living w i] t;^h Ma)rti]n?.  and h_=is c-urrent w.ife, Mette, #.\by -whom Martin `%has three children `a(-)fter Mart%,i*[n has had [a vasec%@.;tomy, M^ette disc/\)o+\-vers that she is expecting t\wins. Sag $a 
\)li;%@ves alone and% does not seem to fee];l s.he needs a serious r_$e.+ -latio+%/nship, i?^),nstead: pickin?%]g up m)en ;in^` ba@rs for casual sex. She $ app\ ear-*?s %^to have sympt(@oms co] `nsi?stent-? wi%t?+ h Asperger]$@* :(syndrome, resultin\-g in :diffi@/ culty establishing relatio)n`ships an).d !fe%!?elings of$!% @/inadequacy in man*` ag
!i+\!ng p(eople sh\
!e refuses a \#prom?@o\$@!tion for th
@is lat\) ter reason.　^^:,　A^fter;$ the killer has m#)urd%e!red several:$ people an%d .^succes(/sf\ully thrown red h-errings !$in the way  of_(
the investigation, his true p%
urpose - :?[to strike at _^Mar*+*tin;? himself* -*,  eventually becomes #:*clear. .:
Jens, now @:calling h=]^imsel*,$_f S,ebastian Sand@strod, fi\r

st appr* oaches Mette, who is susc= eptible to his ad;%=vances, after learning%@ that Ma=`rt,%in has slept with Charlotte Sö:*ri-n*ger, a woman who@; is 
\pe ?riph*erally involved
in t-he inv==)estig%atio)n.?- Sebastian lures Mette and;+ he!$r ch?_-\ildren to@` ^ a remot e spot [where he subjects them to a terrifying ord.]eal,_@ loc#king[@ the])_m in with a -\ro#/om and !giv!ing her +.a.- %hand )gr. enad`;e !with it\s pin rem-]?oved to h*old as ^lon. g as she can. %_$Howev._er, Sag!.a-, r$:eal\?*is[e s that Augu:st is t-?he real t*^arget. The inv_es.,[tigation
\ culmi(;+nates ^in a confrontation on the bri)\dge, =)%+wh.=]e#re %+(she can+no_+ t h +] elp but
* tell Mart@-in w=]hat $happened to August and .has .#//to fire at h(i.m i$n ][@ o(
rder to preve,?;/nt ,him @
destro y ing his- caree$ r by .,killing Seba:!!sti.an[`, the ki/l`? ler's final intenti
%*on.