Каспару Лайнену предстоит расследовать запутанное дело непримечательного механика, итальянца Фабрицио Коллини, который на первый взгляд безо всяких мотивов убил немецкого бизнесмена Ханса Майера, после чего сам сдался полиции. Положение вещей осложняется не только молчанием Коллини и более опытным адвокатом, претендующим на пост главного героя, но и его личным причастием к делу: внучка жертвы Йоханна была его юношеской любовью. Однако Лайнену случайно удаётся найти зацепку, благодаря которой он понимает, что столкнулся с крупнейшим судебным скандалом Германии.
Roland Prengler
Police detective Roland Prengler goes undercover in the small town of Ahndorf to investigate a murder case that has baffled local officials for quite some time. Three years ago, Lucy, a 17-year-old, disappeared without a trace. The police have good reason to believe she was murdered and they even have a suspect - Walter, a down-on-his-luck drunkard who lives at an abandoned farm on the outskirts of town. Roland's assignment is to befriend the eccentric outsider, gain his trust and get him to confess to the crime. But the deceptive friendship soon takes its toll on the experienced cop and puts his principles as a human being to the test.
Peter
A man and two women are trying their luck in the red room in the countryside. The older (but therefore not wiser) Fred, freshly divorced as a kisser who still desires his ex, meets the self-confident Lucy, who feels called to explore the soul of men in her novels. She lives with her intimate friend Sibil in a Vorpommern house in the countryside. Fred decides to move from Berlin to the two women and try a ménage-à-trois. They get to know each other and themselves.
A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
