Thin ice

A spy thriller at its best, this is an equally exciting and terrifying story depicting how the Swedish intelligence service work to protect Sweden and the rest of the world from the illegal Russian research on biological warfare agents. This first part of the acclaimed spy thriller series allows us to enter the world of intelligence officer Jackie Philipsson where she has to deal with double agents and traitors who do not hesitate to resort to deadly violence.

After a 20-year career in the intelligence service, Jackie Philipsson has had enough of the risks and the feeling of living on borrowed time. But just as she has abandoned her career, reports arrive of a strange disease outbreak in Ekaterinburg. A former source soon confirms her worst fears – the Kremlin has continued its research into biological warfare agents.

Jackie realizes that she must carry out one last, final mission as an intelligence officer. She is thrown back into the world of lies, betrayal and duplicity that she tried to leave behind. The operation turns out to be her most risky and complicated ever. Friend or foe, sometimes it’s impossible to know.