Hamburg, city of musicals. It's advertised everywhere and in all the newspapers: ›Tainted Love‹, the latest production from London with hits from the 80s, is coming to the Hans Albers Theatre on the Reeperbahn. But on the morning of the opening day a strange event casts a sinister shadow: one of the stage hands sees a dead body in the auditorium, hanging from beneath the dome. However, when Inspector Sebastian Fink arrives at the crime scene, there is no trace of the corpse. Was it all in her imagination? In his second case Sebastian Fink investigates behind the scenes in the world of musicals. It's all about vanity, cliquism and money. A great deal of money. Dancers and musicians, choreographers and managers – everyone is under pressure. Everyone is watching everyone else. But no-one will admit to seeing how one of their company came to die.