Vera Lanz continues to investigate. Four new episodes accompany the single-minded, committed chief inspector and her team as they solve gripping murder cases in and around Munich. Traffic control in the Munich area. Patrol officers spot an empty parked SUV with blood stains on the back. Then one of the police officers is shot. When the colleague shoots back, the perpetrator flees on foot into the forest. At the scene of the crime, Vera Lanz is confronted with a colleague from the Rosenheim detective: Ferdinand Preiß, with whom she is to work on the case under her direction. As soon as Vera and Trompeter leave the crime scene, they are ambushed. The protective vest saves Vera's life Trumpeter is shot and kidnapped together with Vera's car. A race against time begins for Vera.
An anonymous tip leads the inspector to the sleepy village of Moosberg and on to the trail of local matador and hunter Stefan Meiwald. Is Meiwald Trumpeter's kidnapper? While Vera is investigating in the tangled milieu of the village, Meiwald's former hunting colleague Karl Schollmeyer can provide important information. Meanwhile, Trumpeter's chances of survival are getting worse and worse. Will the commissioner manage to find her colleague in time? Four new episodes of "Die Chefin" will be broadcast on Fridays at 8:15 p.m.