Vinzenz Freudenthal's second case: Murder alert in Mürztal! A gruesome discovery - a mutilated body - found beneath a rusty sculpture - at the place of peace. Chief Inspector Vinzenz Freudenthal and his colleague Heidi Pachler perform a balancing act, as the bastard in human form plays cat and mouse with them. The path of the tormentor is paved with corpses, while the human souvenirs staring into the void sway in a dance of death. The element of cruelty at the Georgiberg in Kindberg is entwined in the chain of death. Only the prima ballerina in the music box continues to spin to Tchaikovsky's melody, over and over again...