On the shore of the Elbe River, a cobbler, Paul, under the thick ice discovers the body of a young woman…
The well-known German politician, preparing to become the mayor of Berlin, has his daughter missing…
The husband of a famous painter is told that his wife’s life ended by her own choice…
All these events are overgrown—seemingly with insignificant details that don’t connect with one another. Yet there is a common denominator, and the curious journalist Franz Bebel is certain of it. He decides to find the truth at any cost, not immediately realizing how he is moving not toward the solution, but toward the death of his own career…
Is it reputation that’s at stake—or another life?