Netflix’s new Swedish Nordic noir thriller Blood Sacrifice has quickly emerged as a popular mystery series following the record-breaking runs of His & Hers and I Will Find You. Created by George Kay, the five-episode drama centres on a detective forced to work with his estranged former-police-officer father to catch a serial killer targeting the police, reinforcing Netflix’s recent success with crime mysteries.

The article compares the series’ icy atmosphere and killer’s unclear motive with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Zodiac, while also invoking the holiday-set darkness of The Batman. It follows a strong year for Netflix mysteries: His & Hers surpassed 100 million views, while I Will Find You reached nearly 113 million and became Netflix’s eighth-biggest show.