Cockroaches

Detective Harry Hole is dispatched from frosty Oslo to the sweltering, labyrinthine streets of Bangkok to investigate the suspicious death of the Norwegian ambassador. Discovered in a seedy motel room, the circumstances surrounding his demise are politically sensitive, and Harry's mission is to solve the crime with utmost discretion to prevent an international scandal. As he navigates the city's exotic yet dangerous underbelly, Harry encounters a formidable wall of silence and suspicion, quickly realizing that the ambassador's seemingly respectable family harbors a trove of dark secrets. The investigation takes a perilous turn when incriminating CCTV footage surfaces, only for the informant who provided it to mysteriously vanish. With local authorities proving uncooperative and corruption rife, Harry finds himself isolated and vulnerable in an unfamiliar city, racing against time to uncover a truth that powerful figures wish to keep buried, even as his own life hangs precariously in the balance.