Gregor Schulz - once a celebrated investigative journalist - is shot in the courthouse in front of Wanda Wilhelmi. The perpetrator can escape undetected. The next day, a photo appeared in the press that showed Schulz the day before his murder with Alexander Radu, a well-known investor and supporter of charitable projects. For the police, the name Radu is not a blank slate. His father had made money with illegal activities in the neighborhood. However, the family clan was never proven anything. Schulz, too, had to resign as an editor for the political magazine "Investigativ" years ago - after a report on Radu's connections in politics was broadcast.
When Casstorff delivers the news of his death, he learns that theDaughter of the murdered man, Kathrin Schulz, followed in her father's footsteps. She works as an investigative journalist for the same editorial office. However, she states that she has not had any contact with her father for years. For Casstorff and Holicek, the starting point for their investigations remains Alexander Radu. But he uses legal means to prevent him from being summoned and testifying. And the public prosecutor's office - Wanda Wilhelmi is leading the investigations together with her boss and mentor Peter Heinrich - adheres to the principle of not letting the press dictate how the judiciary should act: No summons based on an anonymous message to the press launched photos, of which it is not clear whether it is not a photo montage ...