After an abandoned suitcase was dropped off at the Central Lost and Found Office in Hamburg-Altona, a terrible smell filled the area. The reason is quickly discovered - when the suitcase is opened, the employees find the torso of a male corpse. Who is the dead man? How did he end up in the suitcase and where is the rest of the body? Peer Nielsen and his team from the Hamburg homicide department are faced with a mystery. It isn't until several days later that the remaining body parts suddenly appear in various used clothing containers that the case finally begins to progress...