In search of the mysteriously missing Alexandra Schelling, an insurance investigator and an art expert, Vienna private detective Peter Hogarth goes to Prague. But the “Golden City” reveals to Hogarth its darkest side. His investigation has stirred up a hornet’s nest—within just a few hours, he has not only attracted a host of highly dubious characters, but also set the Prague police against him. And only his young colleague Ivona Marković, who is currently investigating a series of strange murders involving dismemberment, seems to be on Hogarth’s side. When they somehow manage to avoid death during an attack, it becomes clear that there is a connection between their cases. And that the time left before the next murder is catastrophically running out…