By Florian Iwersen For months there has been no sign of three abducted women. Then the youngest among them, 19-year-old Vivien, is finally able to escape. With her help, Chief Inspector Vera Lanz's team is able to track down the suspected kidnapper. As it turns out, the man recently died of heart failure. His son Valentin Wimmer can also do little to clarify the matter. He is autistic. Vera is running out of time. Two victims are still missing. They threaten to starve .

Heiko Wisotzki has been in prison for drug smuggling for four years. A trial date should now bring him the freedom he longed for. When the application is rejected, Wisotzki takes a female guard hostage and flees. A little later he is found shot dead next to his getaway car. Wisotzki once betrayed his accomplices to the police for a lenient sentence. Dorin Dumitrescu could also have a motive for murder. The passionate policeman was seriously injured by Wisotzki on duty.