Max Lindemann is under financial pressure when the bank refuses to extend his loan, and on top of that there a is series of thefts in the hotel. Renate Feller, a guest in the hotel, goes to see her husband who, after faking his death in an insurance scam, has set up a car rental business on the island. She wants to join him, but he, having a new Spanish girlfriend, advises caution and suggests she return to the house in Germany and give it more time.