La mayoría de los residentes de un pequeño pueblo de montaña ya han emigrado. Debido a que todas las personas restantes se conocen, la mayoría de los asuntos se manejan entre ellos. Después de que uno de los cazadores locales muere al caer de un puesto de ciervos, el policía Georg Treichel y la mujer policía Martina Schober creen en un trágico accidente. Pero luego resulta que uno de los peldaños de la escalera fue manipulado, y todo apunta a un asesinato.
The young law student Aylin knows exactly what she wants: Become a lawyer. To finance her studies, she works as an escort girl. Because she had to defend herself against a pushy businessman, now threatened five years in prison. From the police comes an offer that she embarks on in her distress: As a decoy Aylin can avert her punishment and even continue to study law. Drug investigator Jan and his boss Hannah use them on the smuggler Musab to arrest him in the act. How dangerous the clever Clan chief can be, but they both do not say.
Endres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his personal servant and every day after dinner brings him a mysterious golden bowl. No-one knows what the bowl contains, not even Princess Leonora. When the queen's ring goes missing, suspicion falls on Endres.
Former detective Brenner has become an ambulance driver and finds himself, much to his dismay, caught up in a war between two rival first aid organizations.
