A new Nordic Noir crime drama with detective Martin Bay as the main character.
In Copenhagen, a man is found draped over a balcony, his head and hands missing. In Brazil, a woman on a posting for a Danish renewables company goes missing. Her pregnant partner is convinced the woman’s boss is involved, but no one will listen to her. That same boss finds himself in prison on charges of embezzlement and insider trading.
When a man is found murdered in Copenhagen, his head and hands missing, it will be up to Detective Martin Bay to uncover his identity, discover why he was murdered, and how it’s linked to the disappearance of a woman and the incarceration of her boss. Can he do it without revealing his own secret?
How are these three cases connected? Martin Bay, the investigating detective in Copenhagen, is assigned to work the case of the headless corpse, but is stunned when he realises the flat where the body is found is familiar to him from a series of porn videos—gay videos. Sporty, tattooed, and with an always-in-control attitude, Martin’s confidence hides his imposter syndrome, his pain from a disapproving father, and a sister who’s always considered him a failure. None of Martin’s colleagues know he’s gay and he wants to keep it that way. But this case may force him to reveal his secret.. As he works to untangle the web of lies, revenge, and power, more than Martin’s own secrets will be revealed, and no one is above suspicion.
In Brazil, a woman goes missing, and her boss is imprisoned for embezzlement and fraud. In Copenhagen, a dead man is found without his head and hands. Assigned to the murder case, Detective Martin Bay is keeping a secret of his own. As he races to untangle the web of deceit, no one is above suspicion.
The main characters are Danish. In Denmark it is not uncommon to use swearwords and exclamations that are considered "bad words" in other places, in everyday language, so naturally the characters do this. If you find this offensive, this book is not for you.
The English used throughout the book is British English.