Reto Flückiger and Liz Ritschard are called to the outermost border of the canton. Below the Wissifluh, an altitude above Lake Lucerne, a bon vivant from the Lucerne jet set lies dead in a wooded area on the national holiday. Everything indicates that he was pushed out of the cable car that goes up to the excursion restaurant, where an August 1st celebration was taking place the night before. Government Councilor Mattmann, who was invited as a keynote speaker,witnessed a dispute between the owner of the Wissifluh and the murder victim who wanted to invest in the Wissifluh. Mattmann urges the arrest of the argumentative mountain farmer Arnold. But Flückiger expands the investigative horizon and comes across the discreet machinations of settlement specialists for rich foreigners. Does anyone actually stop at nothing to get property in an exclusive location?