Before the eyes of Chief Inspector Klara Blum, the escaped prisoner Wolfram Seebeck is brutally shot by his accomplice. Klara, who blames herself for not having shot herself, is determined to prevent another murder from happening. Therefore, she follows the unknown killer on his escape. Evidence suggests that he mingled with the guests at the wedding of the young Beate Gellert with the lawyer Hanno Brünner. than at the merry feastthe traditional kidnapping of the bride begins and Beate disappears with a group of young men, Klara fears the worst. Together with the groom, she sets out in pursuit. The hunt for the bride takes her further and further into the Allgäu mountains. Klara Blum makes it clear to the groom that Beate has a secret that the armed murderer wants to elicit from her. In a race against time, Klara and Brünner try to find Beate before something happens to her.