Police Superintendent Holm Brendel follows in the footsteps of prominent Swedish crime writer Arvid Johanssons in Ystad. Ex-prosecutor Karin Lossow accompanies Holm on the private trip. On the ferry back to Usedom, she meets Dana Driest, a native of Poland. She has a conspicuous hematoma on her cheek. Was she a victim of domestic violence? The next day, Karin sees Dana's husband Jochen driving off the ferry at the wheel of his SUV – without his wife. In the meantime, Dr. Brunner is looking forward to new tasks in Estonia. His successor on Usedom will be public prosecutor Katharina Stozek, the partner of Chief Inspector Rainer Witt.
