When investigative journalist Imke Leopold Thorsten Falke asks for help in investigating a supposedly illegal real estate deal on Norderney, he initially reacts with skepticism. When Imke falls victim to an attack shortly afterwards, which she is only lucky to survive, Falke regrets his hesitation and asks Julia Grosz to investigate the island with him. Does the attack have anything to do with a large-scale construction project that was waved through with the approval of some local politicians on the island? The lawyer and real estate agent based on the island, who engineered the deal and made corresponding suggestions to Imke, is unfortunately unable to provide information - Falke and Grosz find him dead in his house...