The Polish Detective

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In Dundee, a city shaped by reinvention, Detective Sergeant Dania Gorska arrives as an outsider. Born in Poland and newly transferred from London, she joins the specialist crime division at a moment of unease.

A series of killings unsettles the city. The victims are murdered with brutality, then arranged with a precision that suggests intent beyond violence alone. At first, the cases appear unconnected, but fragments begin to align. Each victim had ties to a local druidic group, a detail that deepens the mystery rather than clarifying it.

Alongside the murders, Dania becomes increasingly troubled by the disappearance of two teenage girls, reported as runaways. As she looks closer, she learns they too were part of the same circle. The overlap is difficult to ignore.

Balancing professional distance with a growing sense of responsibility, Dania follows the evidence where it leads, aware that time is narrowing. This is crime fiction attentive to displacement, belief and the quiet dread of what may already be lost.