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The drive from Copenhagen Airport to Amager Hospital took just under ten minutes — far longer than it had taken for him to get off the plane, go through Customs and find a taxi. The route was scenic, and one he’d like to take by day sometime, in happier circumstances.
Just outside the airport, they passed under the famous Øresund Bridge. The bridge linked Denmark to Sweden at Mälmo, just before it dipped its nose under the water, the lights disappearing beneath the Øresund Strait before reappearing five miles later on the artificial island of Peberholm. Although Jack didn’t watch much TV himself, he’d heard his colleagues talking about the Scandinavian crime series The Bridge, which was set in the area. It was just another name on the long list of TV programmes and films he’d resolved
