Knowledgeable, humorous, and grippingly told.

Investigating murder cases is not actually part of Hella Ohlsen's responsibilities. However, when an elephant escapes from a traveling circus in the Hessian spa town of Bad Schwalbach and kills a person, the state animal welfare officer feels compelled to assist the criminal police in their investigations. Together with Chief Inspector Bernd Lohmann and journalist Friederike Roth, she uncovers a web of bureaucratic intrigue and militant animal rights activists...