Hans Georg Schuwald, a blind business tycoon who's infamously known as "The Vampire of Bavaria," hires a different college student each day of the week to read books to him. Karl is in charge of Tuesdays. He has approached Schuwald in order to find his mother, who was acquainted with the man.

Richard quit the police force because he shot a young criminal on duty. He is also trying to recover from alcoholism with help of his psychiatrist Dr Julius Reichwein.