Ein schwerer Zugunfall in einer idyllischen Kleinstadt erschüttert ganz Finnland und die Unfallermittlerin Marita Kaila steht vor dem schwierigsten Fall ihrer Karriere. Unter zunehmendem Druck versuchen Marita und ihr Team herauszufinden, was zum Tod Dutzender Menschen geführt hat. Doch auch in Maritas eigener Vergangenheit gibt es eine Tragödie, die die anspruchsvolle Untersuchung ans Licht bringt. Wird er den Fall lösen, bevor der Druck zu groß wird?

The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.

A humoristic coming-of-age story of Johannes who is born prematurely to a very young single mother. His destiny is to be always separated from his loved ones, to be “different”, to lose his hair because of pollution and to fall in love with a Chechen girl. All this during the turbulent times of the collapse of the Soviet Union.