改编自马林·佩尔松·焦利托的畅销小说，位于斯德哥尔摩最富裕的郊区的一所预科学校发生大规模枪击事件，一名普通高中生马娅·努尔贝里因谋杀罪而受审。悲剧之日所发生的事情曝光后，她与塞巴斯蒂安·法格曼的关系，以及她和他的问题家庭之间的私密细节也被揭开了。

故事讲述了一对几乎要离婚的夫妇在徒步穿越哥伦比亚的雨林时被困在流沙中。他们将与丛林中的各种因素作斗争，并必须一起工作。

After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.

When Suze's colourful and extravagant mother Helena pays a surprise visit to inform her daughter that she's ill, Suze slowly relapses into severe compulsive behavior.

After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.

一场校园悲剧撼动富人聚居的斯德哥尔摩郊区，一名看似性格健全的少女因谋杀罪而受审。

Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.

A British couple, Dan and Sarah, living out their dream in paradisal Spain come to grief when their visiting son is accidentally killed. A stranger offers to avenge his death and a cycle of innocent murders unfolds.

《松本清张特别篇·中央流沙》于1998年8月4日在日本电视台系列的“火曜サスペンス劇場”时段（21:03 - 22:54）播出，收视率为18.0%（视频研究调查，关东地区）。