During Hansens's long vacation, commissioner Bergmann surprisingly returns to his lover Marie Hofer, skinned and unable to hide log his umpteenth lover Süßmayr left to the Maledives, having caught him with her yoga instructor. Chief Achziger, who promised to partner up with interim Verena Danner as Stadler was recalled to Passau, eagerly teams them up. Architect Benedikt Roesner's skull-smashed corpse is found by his assistant Sigrid Weierer the morning after a business meeting in pub "Glockenwirt" with contractor Max Mairinger, banker Thomas Haverkamp and publican Ludwig Bernreiter. Mairinger risked ruin as Roesners refused to alter his design or hand the project over which was precociously loan-financed by Thomas Haverkamp. Sigrid Weierer also has interests, as she did most of his work and now hopes to take his place.
—KGF Vissers