Cynical, shameless, and truly Bavarian - the bear is back! The village pastor of Tal in the Allgäu crashes into the bathing lake in a hot air balloon and does not resurface. Emil Bär, a former pastor and retired psychoanalyst, believes neither in an accident nor that the missing preacher has perished. His sleuthing leads him deep into a thicket of greed, revenge, and violence.