Die Chefin

By Florian Iwersen For months there has been no sign of three abducted women. Then the youngest among them, 19-year-old Vivien, is finally able to escape. With her help, Chief Inspector Vera Lanz's team is able to track down the suspected kidnapper. As it turns out, the man recently died of heart failure. His son Valentin Wimmer can also do little to clarify the matter. He is autistic. Vera is running out of time. Two victims are still missing. They threaten to starve .

The anesthetist Sina Seibold is attacked and fatally injured in front of the clinic where she works. Because of her commitment to euthanasia, she had previously been subjected to hostilities on several occasions. Pensioner Peter Menk was among those who were critical of her. His wife had Seibold accompany her to her death. A video shows him angrily insulting the doctor. Inspector Vera Lanz, however, doubts that the elderly gentleman is capable of murder.

Heiko Wisotzki has been in prison for drug smuggling for four years. A trial date should now bring him the freedom he longed for. When the application is rejected, Wisotzki takes a female guard hostage and flees. A little later he is found shot dead next to his getaway car. Wisotzki once betrayed his accomplices to the police for a lenient sentence. Dorin Dumitrescu could also have a motive for murder. The passionate policeman was seriously injured by Wisotzki on duty.

By Florian Iwersen Shortly before morning prayers, the novice Jakob Andresen is found murdered in front of the altar of the monastery church. The way the body was arranged suggests ritual murder. But there are also some arguments in favor of an act in an emotional state. Among the confreres, the dismay at Jakob's murder was limited. The deceased was a late caller and had only been active in the order for a year. At his instigation, to the annoyance of some confreres, the church was opened to the homeless at night.

The evening in the bar ends traumatically for Heike Steinbeck. She is raped in an underpass. A young woman helps Heike and pays for her courage with her life. The conspicuous features of the crime lead Vera and her colleagues to a well-known sex offender: Marcel Richter, recently released after ten years in prison for rape. Despite his alibi, Richter seems suspicious. Vera takes Heike in to protect her. When the two women have to put a burglar to flight, Vera Lanz is no longer sure: Was Heike a random victim or did the perpetrator specifically target her? Who would have an interest in harming Heike? The estranged husband of Heike's new girlfriend, Nicole Obermair, gets in Vera's focus. Eight new episodes of "Die Chefin" will be broadcast on Fridays at 8:15 p.m.

A shot brings life to a standstill on Munich's Königsplatz. The young pickpocket is dead, a seemingly innocent bystander falls to the ground with a shot in the shoulder. One bullet, two victims and no witnesses. While Vera is still puzzling with her colleagues about the motive for the boy's murder, the case takes a surprising turn at the scene of the crime. The uninvolved Hannes Walther kidnapped the ambulance. For Vera Lanz, all clues for an investigation disappear. Even the bullet is still in Hannes Walther's shoulder. The sympathetic new public prosecutor Sebastian Hartmann also sees little potential for clarification here. However, when Walther's fingerprint was found in the BKA file, the case picked up speed – in a surprising direction.

The corpse in a Munich body of water does not remain anonymous to Vera Lanz for long. Nadja, 15, criminal record: drugs and prostitution. The only thing that is surprising is her last place of residence: a residential area. The street girl lived in the villa of the couple Beate and Lothar Lukaschek. Former dancer Beate supports social dance projects for girls from difficult backgrounds. Nadja was her flagship project. But for Vera Lanz, the idyll has cracks. Why does Nadja move into an apartment on the outskirts shortly before she dies? Paul Böhmer takes on the choreographer Weidner and the other dancers. Were the girls possibly jealous of Nadja's special treatment? With Flo Wenning, the trumpeter bites on granite. Flo is a friend of Nadja's from hard times, who is proven to have rioted at the Lukascheks.Vera Lanz is more fortunate with her interrogation: Flo put Nadja in contact with the dance project. She wanted to get her best friend off the street and now accuses the rich couple of having dropped Nadja.

Two dead police officers, a fugitive and Jan Trompeter as a hostage. A race against time begins for Vera Lanz and Paul Böhmer to save their colleague. Trompeter quickly saw through his hostage-taker. The man is a layman and receives instructions on his mobile phone. But who is behind the murders and Trumpeter's kidnapping? A hit in the DNA database only appears to lead to the culprit. David Förster, no stranger to crime, seems to have Trumpeter in his power. When Vera and Böhmer follow Förster's trail, it ends in a dead end: Förster has been in a coma for two days with the consequences of a heart attack. While Vera and Böhmer try to clarify how Förster's DNA got to the crime scene, the gunshot wound forces Trompeter's hostage-takers to hole up in a pharmacy.

After the murder of his family and 16 years in prison, Benno Wiese is free. When he meets Vera Lanz, the past catches up with him: again he is standing next to a corpse. But "the boss" is correct in her assessment: Wiese is innocent, the death of the young man is the result of an accident. Meadow remains free. But now the former perpetrator is being hunted by the neighborhood mobs. The neighbors agree: Benno Wiese has struck again. Vera Lanz and colleagues Böhmer and Trompeter have their hands full protecting the former murderer from the neighborhood and relatives. How dangerous is meadow? Can a repeat offense be ruled out? His ex-wife and brother want to get rid of him as soon as possible. Only Simone Aigner, his daughter, still stands by the broken man.

It is not the first horrific crime scene for Vera Lanz, but perhaps the most absurd: an unrecognizable torso, stowed in a suitcase with the victim's identity card on top. Will more suitcases with body parts show up? Despite the identity of the victim, the traces are desolate. Lanz's only chance would be a witness when the next suitcase was put down. But prosecutor Sebastian Hartmann is reluctant to go public. Even police psychologist Erik Lambert cannot dismiss the hypothesis of a serial offender. When the last suitcase turns up, there is a witness. It is Vera's father-in-law Georg Lanz who must have seen the alleged murderer. Only Georg doesn't remember anything. But the perpetrator does not know that - and Georg is in mortal danger.

Against the backdrop of the Munich Oktoberfest, Vera Lanz has to investigate within her own ranks. Was the shot from colleague Meyer's service weapon an accident? The intuition of chief inspector Lanz is asked: Did her colleague help with an attempted rape, or was he himself involved in the violent crime? Contradictory statements about the course of events make Vera suspicious. It is thanks to Arthur Meyer that young Franziska was not raped by rowdy Philip Loibl. But Loibl was seriously injured by the shot from Meyer's service weapon. He also denies the rape and accuses Meyer of police violence. Since the victim and thus the witness fled and was swallowed up by the face of the earth, it is difficult to prove Meyer's emergency help. In addition, Meyer contradicts himself in his statement about the course of the crime. Franziska answers and makes a statement. Everything seems to have been clarified and the colleague relieved. But then Meyer and Franziska disappear without a trace.

The murder of the chauffeur of the industrialist Elsa Koschwitz leaves only one assumption: a warning from the mafia. But the grand dame of Munich recycling does not share this opinion with Vera Lanz. A fatal attitude, as is shown when Elsa is found shot dead in her villa. Vera Lanz suspects more than a mafia murder behind the crime. What role does family play? Lanz opts for an unconventional means of enlightenment. With the help of his red light contacts, Paul Böhmer determines that Elsa was being forced to sell her company by the Albanian mafia. What role does the intermediary Nico Schöne play, who made the offer from the Albanian Hoxha family to Koschwitz Recycling Werke? Vera Lanz suspects something else behind the murder of Elsa - what are Elsa's brothers-in-law Bernd and Franz and their son Theo hiding?

Vera Lanz continues to investigate. Four new episodes accompany the single-minded, committed chief inspector and her team as they solve gripping murder cases in and around Munich. Traffic control in the Munich area. Patrol officers spot an empty parked SUV with blood stains on the back. Then one of the police officers is shot. When the colleague shoots back, the perpetrator flees on foot into the forest. At the scene of the crime, Vera Lanz is confronted with a colleague from the Rosenheim detective: Ferdinand Preiß, with whom she is to work on the case under her direction. As soon as Vera and Trompeter leave the crime scene, they are ambushed. The protective vest saves Vera's life Trumpeter is shot and kidnapped together with Vera's car. A race against time begins for Vera.An anonymous tip leads the inspector to the sleepy village of Moosberg and on to the trail of local matador and hunter Stefan Meiwald. Is Meiwald Trumpeter's kidnapper? While Vera is investigating in the tangled milieu of the village, Meiwald's former hunting colleague Karl Schollmeyer can provide important information. Meanwhile, Trumpeter's chances of survival are getting worse and worse. Will the commissioner manage to find her colleague in time? Four new episodes of "Die Chefin" will be broadcast on Fridays at 8:15 p.m.

In her new case, Vera Lanz is not only challenged professionally. The investigations are also putting pressure on the tough policewoman in her private life. The assignment is more than inconvenient for Vera Lanz. Instead of meeting up with Dominik Schneider for one of the rare rendezvous, she is picked up by Paul Böhmer to a crime scene. The drug dealer known to the police, Rolf Hüske, was murdered. At the scene of the crime, Vera meets Veit Mahn, a colleague and friend of Trompeter who reported the murder. Schneider is also on site. He is investigating internally against Mahn, who is suspected of having embezzled cocaine during a raid.The results of the forensics make the case even more complicated: In Hüske's shelter, traces of a female person are secured: Did the young, drug-addict Jessica Winsler shoot the dealer? The investigation of the ammunition brings unexpected movement into the investigation: The associated weapon is registered and belongs to none other than the internal investigator Dominik Schneider.

Torsten Hanke, the murderer of Dennis Bayer, is shot in front of the courthouse after his acquittal. Vera Lanz is quickly convinced: This was the act of a professional killer. But who wants to avenge Dennis' death and has the wherewithal to afford a professional? The investigations lead Vera Lanz and her colleagues Jan Trompeter and Paul Böhmer to the red-light district of the Bavarian metropolis. Böhmer's interrogation of Dennis' mother Liane Bayer provides a crucial clue. Dennis trained at a boxing club that Böhmer is not unfamiliar with. His physical investigations are not without results. Dennis' father, kept secret by Liane for a long time, is said to be Franko Holzinger, a well-known Munich milieu.Did Holzinger hire the killer to avenge his son? But the DNA test also has a surprise in store for Holzinger: He is not Dennis's biological father. When Böhmer examines Liane Bayer's family background more closely, it quickly becomes clear to him that there must be a far more dangerous client behind Holzinger: Anton Slimemann, Liane's father, who knows more about Böhmer's past than the policeman would like. Vera Lanz and Jan Trompeter notice that Böhmer is beginning to investigate on his own. Does Böhmer still know which side he is on?

A helicopter, two corpses: It is a spooky scenery that Vera Lanz offers at the sawmill. Her new case reaches into the machinations of criminal high finance. The man hiding near the scene of the crime is Gernot Viehweg, the well-known astrologer and advisor to powerful business leaders. Viehweg admits that Vera was on the run from the tax investigators. After the helicopter landed, an attempt was made to shoot him. Contrary to all suspicions, public prosecutor Huber treats the astrologer with exquisite courtesy. Viehweg's notes can hook a big fish for the public prosecutor's office: the big criminal Manfred Gericke, who is responsible for bribery, drug trafficking and human trafficking.But who is responsible for the bloodbath at the sawmill? The results of the forensics give the case a new direction: apart from Viehweg, a blonde woman must have been on board the helicopter. "Cherchez-la-femme" is now the motto of the investigation. A case that also takes a surprising turn for Vera Lanz. Last episode of the current season "The Boss".

Murder and robbery in Munich local transport - for Vera Lanz and her colleagues Trompeter and Böhmer it seems to be an uncomplicated case. Using a video recording, Böhmer can clearly identify the fugitive. But when the colleagues visit his apartment, the dimension of the case suddenly changes. Till Sammer, ex-pimp and junkie sits tied up in his own apartment, threatened by a stranger. In a dramatic exchange of fire, Trompeter shoots the man in self-defense. The victim's car is registered to an old friend: Stefan Hartig. For years, Vera Lanz has been trying to prove that the slippery businessman is doing his shady business - so far without success. The stolen briefcase has another surprise in store: two million in cash. Vera Lanz confronts Stefan Hartig about the money.Is he being blackmailed? The investigators quickly agree that it must be a kidnapping and that Till Sammer prevented the money from being handed over. But who is the abductee? Hartig's only relative, his luxury son Jakob, is hungover but safe in his penthouse apartment. But Jakob gives the key clue as to who the kidnapping victim is: Johanna Ehrlicher, housekeeper and Stefan Hartig's closest confidante since childhood. To the astonishment of her colleagues, Vera decides to cooperate with Hartig: he gets the money that was secured for the kidnappers, while Vera hopes the housekeeper will give her the crucial information she needs to finally pin Hartig down.

Vera is brutally beaten up by two junkies. At first it looks like robbery and murder, in which Vera's gun is also stolen. But then it turns out that Vera's service weapon was used in an assassination attempt on Heinrich Meindl, a seemingly harmless pensioner - even before the chief inspector was attacked. What is the connection between Vera and Meindl? Vera has to be given a leave of absence, at least officially, although no one believes Vera was involved. When finally an old connection between Meindl and Vera's father-in-law and ex-cop Georg Lanz comes to light, the question seems to have been answered and the suspicion of murder against Georg justified. But then a dark secret emerges in Meindl's past that turns the case around 180 degrees.

The murder of the teacher Bruno Lohmann leads Vera Lanz and her team to a Munich high school. There, the inspectors had to find out that Lohmann was not exactly the popular type of teacher – neither among the students nor among their colleagues and parents. The investigators are confronted with ongoing Abitur exams on site, which put the students under extreme pressure to perform. The investigations focus on the students Julian Schröder, who was caught cheating on the last exam and who is again threatened with being accused of cheating, and the best of the year, Peter Behnke, who was the first at the scene of the crime and whose father Jürgen asked his son to question him want to prevent.Finally, it turns out that the secretary and mother of the bad student Vanessa Willski had an affair with Lohmann, which ended shortly before. What did the students already have to do to pass the all-important exams? How far does the love of the parents or possibly the pressure of the educational system go?

The brewery owner Ernst Kolbe is found dead in his house. His body was discovered by the real estate agent Sabine Brand and the Schabinsky couple, interested buyers of Kolbe's house. The investigators find it strange that Kolbe had the house secured with locks shortly beforehand, even though it was supposed to be sold. During Vera Lanz' conversations with Kolbe's daughter Julia and further rummaging through the victim's past, inconsistencies arise that make Vera doubt Kolbe's identity. In addition, the victim's brewery was close to bankruptcy. Unlike her father, Julia Kolbe wanted to sell the brewery to the businessman Max Freisinger, who has a not inconsiderable interest in the brewery's property and was forced to come to a conclusion quickly.When Vera finally uncovers Ernst Kolbe's connections to the BND and even to the Schabinsky couple, she and her team are suddenly confronted with the political past of their murder victim, which they gradually have to shed to solve the case.

Vera Lanz and her team have every reason to celebrate: in a spectacular solo effort, they arrested the long-sought Ingo Blume, godfather of the south-west drug cartel. But after the fall is before the fall: The next mission blows up the victory celebrations just as Vera and Trumpeter are getting closer. Musician Theo Gottlieb was stabbed to death with a pitchfork on his farm. Vera is quickly convinced that Marcus Schüttler, Gottlieb's girlfriend's ex, is the culprit. However, in the course of the investigation, other suspects join Shaker. The victim's brother, Christoph Gottlieb, was only able to sell their farm after his death in order to finance the reopening of his architecture office.Gottlieb's girlfriend also had a "valid" motive for killing her lover: her 15-year-old daughter Alexandra claims to have had a sexual relationship with the murdered bohemian. In addition to investigating rural machinations, Vera Lanz also has to fight on her own front: Dominik Schneider, head of the internal department, is investigating Vera in connection with Blume's arrest.

Munich city center at the best shopping time. Crowds stream through the department store doors. The scenery freezes as a bloodied young woman staggers out of the elevator. Vera Lanz and her colleagues are sure a little later: the victim Sabine Heuchert narrowly escaped a serial killer. Details point to similarities in three other unsolved murder cases. Coincidence drives the investigators into Toni Marschaber's arms. Sabine Heuchert believes that he can identify him as the culprit by his smell. But Marschaber's boss Eberhard Hallhuber can also be linked to one of the victims. And another interesting similarity connects the two suspects: Both are represented by celebrity lawyer Xaver Baumgartner. The investigations come to a standstill when another woman's body is found. Does Vera Lanz have to do with a footboard offender? Or was the previous method of investigation a big mistake?

Vera Lanz had imagined this reunion with an old colleague differently – Mario Fechter, an undercover agent in a previously sensational case, is shot by an unknown perpetrator. His ex-colleague Bodo Ecker did not survive the attack. Vera and her team are able to identify the culprit via street surveillance: Piet van Meeren. His trail leads directly to his former client, the gambling king Joseph Berlinger. Thanks to Fechter and Ecker, Berlinger was imprisoned until his death. The murder of the undercover agent and colleague Fechters Anja Schramm was the charge of the then public prosecutor Gero Hoffmann. Berlinger had denied the crime until his death.Vera is skeptical about the situation in the files: was the gambling king actually framed for murder? Did his son Andy take late revenge for his father? When the badly injured van Meeren tries to hit Fechter's son Aaron, Vera decides to go into hiding with father and son. Last episode of the season. From Friday, October 24, 2014, four new episodes of "Der Kriminalist" will be broadcast.

An operation by Vera's team and colleagues from the drug investigation team fails: the intermediary dies trying to convict a wholesaler. In addition, a young police officer from the MEK is shot and falls into a coma. Together with the public prosecutor, it is decided to pursue the case further. That's why Vera Lanz now has to work even more closely with the informant from the drug investigation team, Mario Fechtner. Fechtner is a charismatic and attractive man who is always on the verge of "the wrong side" and who is not easy to trust. Vera begins to appreciate the colleague for his self-sacrificing way of working, which is so similar to hers. But what went wrong during the mission? This question also concerns the internal investigator Dominik Schneider.He warns Vera that Mario could be the cardsharp and asks her to report to him. Vera stands between these two interesting men and faces a difficult moral choice. On top of that, she has to solve a case in completely new territory.

The discovery of a female, pregnant wax corpse, who had died 18 years ago in a manslaughter, raises many questions for Vera Lanz and her team. It quickly turns out that Jan Trompeter knew the girl well. Vera dives into the Hasenbergl with her colleague in his youth and first relationships. Trumpeter's friends - the couple Jutta and Holger Baumann, his former best friend and brother of the dead, René Mosbacher, his mother and Trumpeter's then girlfriend Biggi Scholz - move into the circle of suspects. Even Trumpeter's father knows more about the girl's disappearance. Vera not only learns why Trompeter decided to live a different life away from his roots, the investigations also put the trust between the two inspectors to the test.

A woman of unknown origin and identity is found dead near the Munich train station with a crying baby in her arms. A short time later, the parents Insa and Peter Wilde are there and relieved to hug their stolen son. Vera Lanz and her team now have to solve the murder of the dead woman. Again and again they come across questions as to the motives for kidnapping the child, since the woman did not demand a ransom from the wealthy Wilde couple. When Vera finally finds out that the woman was illegally smuggled to Munich and that the baby is a child from Eastern Europe that was adopted through an agency, she seems to be getting closer to solving the case.But then suddenly Vera's daughter Zoe is kidnapped and Vera is confronted with the reference to officials of the Russian mafia. What role does the mediation agency Seerosen play? What was the Wilde couple willing to do to have their own child? How is Vera supposed to investigate further without putting her daughter in danger?

The banker Dirk Brockhausen reports in panic to Vera Lanz: He fears for his life. A short time later he is found dead. Brockhausen's eight-year-old son Leonard makes Vera promise to find his father's killer. Does his death have anything to do with the case of his kidnapped and killed wife Rebecca four years ago? The kidnapping money and a very valuable watch were never found. Did Superintendent Garber turn off security cameras on purpose to get inside the bank building? What exactly does Wilhelm Brockhausen, the victim's father, have to do with the case? During her search, Vera has to deal with unexplained facts about the case and an innocent prisoner and meets an old acquaintance, the professional killer Ulrike Laske. Last episode of the current season "The Boss".

The traumatized Diana Schirmer is a witness in the burglary and robbery case in which her husband Uwe died. During the police confrontation, she identifies Frank Jensch as the perpetrator, who is then taken away. The evidence against him is thin, but Diana Schirmer's testimony may be enough for a conviction. But then another fatal burglary happens, following the same pattern. Isn't Frank the culprit after all? Did he have an accomplice? When Vera suddenly discovers that Diana herself had a motive for her husband's murder, the chief inspector has to doubt the credibility of the witness. In addition to the investigation, Vera Lanz has to fight for her own credibility.The death of multiple murderer Christian Farron, whom the chief inspector claims to have shot in self-defense, is being investigated by internal investigator Dominik Schneider. Vera Lanz and her colleagues Jan Trompeter and Paul Böhmer as well as senior public prosecutor Dr. Seitz have to take a stand. Four episodes of "Die Chefin" will be broadcast on Fridays at 8:15 p.m.

A corpse dug up by wild boar is found by a hunter in the Forstenrieder forest. The dead man is identified as Simon Sobotka, a skipper and drug dealer who was receiving medical treatment for a brain hemorrhage and was living on a cabin boat on Lake Starnberg. In addition to the friendly boatyard owner Heinkel, the victim seems to have had little social contact, but then Vera Lanz encounters a reference to a former patient at the clinic, who is said to have known Sobotka well. It is Hannah Eichner, the sister of the medical examiner Dr. Heike Steinbeck. Hannah is being treated for an accidental emotional amnesia that is affecting her and her family greatly. She does not remember her husband Ulf or their two children. It all points toA difficult situation for Vera Lanz and her friend Steinbeck, who wants to protect her sister and her family, while Hannah becomes Vera's suspect. This also includes Hannah's father-in-law Lambert, her husband Ulf and their 16-year-old son Marlon, but also Heinkel, who stole the money from Sobotka's drug deals after Sobotka's disappearance. When Heike finally discovers her sister's DNA from hair samples on the corpse, she decides to withhold this evidence. When Vera finds out, their friendship is put to the test. 

The kidnapped Moritz Helmes, son of a wealthy real estate agent, is found murdered. Apparently, Moritz' father Christian Helmes was to be blackmailed, but then the boy managed to escape. The tracks lead chief inspector Lanz to Munich's red light district, with which her colleague Paul Böhmer maintains close contact. Böhmer has a particularly close and intimate relationship with the prostitute Johanna. Johanna asks him to take care of the young prostitute Tereza, who seems to be involved in an illegal matter - without informing his colleagues. As it turns out, the submerged Tereza is the last to see Moritz alive.While Böhmer becomes increasingly entangled in a conflict of loyalties – observed suspiciously by his boss – Vera Lanz not only discovers the kidnappers, but also a connection between Christian Helmes and Tereza. This leads the commissioners to a murder case that was covered up a few years ago. When Johanna then disappears without a trace and Böhmer finally finds her dead, Vera has a lot to do to protect her colleague from making a big mistake.

In the last episode of the season, Vera Lanz first has to deal with a bank robbery and a dead bank robber. Questions about the course of action arise early on, since the amount of money stolen appears to be very small. Much to Vera's displeasure, her opponent, senior public prosecutor Dr. Seitz got involved in the investigation. But then the inspectors received the news that Seitz's wife had been found dead. Seitz is a suspect and "The Boss" is to investigate and prove his innocence. In the survey of Seitz' ex-girlfriend Ulrike Laske, she confirmed his strong willingness to use violence, which is why she ended the relationship at the time. Seitz is coming under more and more pressure, which Vera doesn't exactly dislike. However, in the Maike Seitz case, she believes in the innocence of the chief public prosecutor.Evidence soon emerges that the two cases are connected and that the bank robbery was targeted money laundering, of which Seitz was aware. But Vera Lanz and her team lack the evidence. Still. Last episode of the current season. From Friday, May 3, 2013, four new episodes of the series "Der Kriminalist" will be broadcast.

Not an easy first case for the Munich chief inspector Vera Lanz: 24-year-old Kim Landauer, daughter of a prominent innkeeper, fell from the balcony of her apartment after returning from a nightclub - suicide, as it seems at first glance. But soon everything points to murder - by a perpetrator who did not have to force his way into the apartment. The investigation focuses on the victim's 23-year-old ex-boyfriend and his prominent family. Meanwhile, the victim's father apparently holds a former business partner responsible and seems capable of anything in his grief and pain.

When Vera Lanz and Jan Trompeter take over the murder of Nicolas Bluhm, everything initially points to a crime in the hustler milieu. Shortly thereafter, the inspectors manage to track down the alleged perpetrator, hustler Tim Delling - but he too has been brutally murdered in the meantime. Although Delling's girlfriend Azhar is a possible witness, Vera and Jan are groping in the dark for the time being. At the same time, Vera is in danger of losing her objectivity when she unexpectedly discovers a connection between the current cases and her husband's death

The unexpectedly early death of a ten-year-old boy who suffered from a serious hereditary disease causes Vera Lanz a headache. When the investigation revealed that the boy had taken part in a series of drug tests and that important tissue samples had disappeared from the forensic department after his death, the alarm bells rang for the inspector. She is certain that someone is trying to cover up the truth surrounding the child's death.

After inspector Vera Lanz began investigating the case of the murdered public prosecutor Marc Berger, she found herself in increasing difficulties: she tried to hide her affair with the victim from her colleagues so as not to be targeted by the investigators herself. However, when it turns out that there is a connection between the current case and the murder of Vera Lanz's husband four years ago, the detective can no longer keep her private life out of the investigation.