Investment adviser Frank Stargard was fatally beaten at home, having returned to town two years ago. He was unpopular and according to his bank doing bad financially, even ruined several possibly vindictive clients. He planned legal proceedings to stop neighbor Piet Jensen's dog breeding, complaining about the noise, which would ruin Jensen. Finally there's his brother Henning Stargard, a mystery woman, adultery and dog poisoning.
—KGF Vissers