Prosecutor Benedikt Röder already has enough on his plate with his family when a murder involving an unusual antique weapon further shakes up his world. The victim, an honorary member of the local Roman association, was found after a night of heavy drinking, dressed in a blood-soaked toga, in one of the oldest Roman wine presses north of the Alps. The investigators are completely in the dark as a second cold-blooded murder rattles the otherwise cozy Vorderpfalz. Should the murderer be sought within the private sphere, or is there a larger plan behind these heinous acts?.