Nico Bajetzky, the operator of a scrap yard, is found shot to death in his car on the banks of the Spree. The act almost looks like an execution. The investigators are anything but welcome on the farm of the family business that specializes in electronics recycling. Is it just sadness, or does the widow Daniela Bajetzky have something to hide? Robert Heffler sneaks into the company undercover and learns a lot about the dynamics within the scrapyard family, about envy and resentment. Tom Bajetzky, Nico's brother, comes under suspicion; But Sandro Reichert, the boss of a competing company from Brandenburg, also seems to have questionable motives. Meanwhile, Stella is suspected of dealing weed at school. She remains stubbornly silent about the allegations.