Jan Peter Heyne

A dead girl, a suspicious suspect, a lost family, a dark secret. Two policemen and a young mother in search of the truth.

A corpse is washed up on the beach of the North Sea. The deceased is Alexander, husband of the beautiful Bettina. They have been coming to the island for a long time and possess a cottage there. At first no one doubts that Alexander died of an accident, but the young policewoman Maike, who has known the family since her childhood, thinks that Alexander should have been familiar with the mudflat. Did he kill himself?

A desperate call alerts the Kiel Police: "He's in my apartment, he comes through the wall.". But for Carmen Kessler help comes too late. The young woman is found brutally murdered in her apartment. Commissioner Borowski and his colleague Sarah Brandt face a conundrum: Although the apartment door is locked and the offender has left no trace at the scene, the killer seems to be with the victim and gone. He has secretly lived with her, her anonymous gifts and studied every habit of his victim.

Attorney Caroline, the sensitive Judith, the housewife Eva and the affluent entrepreneur Estelle have been friends for 15 years. Once a year, the ladies go on a weekend break, but this time the trip is not a good star: After the death of her husband Arne wants the mourning Judith completed his pilgrimage started to Lourdes. As faithful friends, the three others join her. However, it does not take long for the strains of the tour to cause many a quarrel.

Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family relations.