Rents are rising in Munich. It is not only in the traditional immigrant district of Westend that people are groaning under the ongoing construction work for cosmetic renovations. Chief Inspector Franz Leitmayr is seeking temporary refuge here - there was water damage in his apartment. The former circus princess "Calamity Jane", Magda Holzer, now in her old age, proudly resides in her villa on the banks of the Isar in Munich Pullach. She is looked after by the housekeeper Rosl and the loyal Croatian Ante. Magda's son Florian, who was reported missing, is found in the excavation of a building pit at night. Is her little-loved son Peter to blame for his death