Maria Wern is a policewoman who deals with the unusual high amount of murders on the Swedish Island of Gotland.
The early seasons does not work well as a series and more as self-standing movies with huge plot holes and inconsistent writing. Things that has happened in earlier episodes seems to not matter in the next.*
But the last season's has gotten better with Warner Bros. Taking an interest and making the story better. But still, this is not a masterpiece and you need to have a little suspension of disbelief when watching these kind of shows. But overall, it really has improved and I hope that season 9 will be much better.
*Especially in season 3 where lots of murders take place and has almost no impact on the characters.