The murder of businessman Arno Berger puzzles Commissioner Thiel. Because the fingerprints secured at the scene of the crime come from top politician Rüdiger Klarbach, although that can't really be the case: the former State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs died in a house fire in South Africa a year and a half ago. Prof. Boerne personally issued the death certificate at the time. Did he make a major malpractice? And asIf that weren't stressful enough, the forensic pathologist now has to answer questions from the tax inspector Leonie Krassnik. Meanwhile, Thiel is investigating in the immediate vicinity of the murder victim. Berger was last seen at the celebration of his extremely busy business friend Hans Lüdinghaus. The family of the deceased Secretary of State is also under surveillance. Klarbach's daughter Nele in particular reacted extremely indignantly to the police visit...