They are back on the road! Hawelka and Schierhuber: as comically brilliant as ever and massively successful in their murder investigations. This time, however, they are not dealing with a clumsy farmer from the Waldviertel, but with a cunning serial killer from the big city. Because: There is no business like the murder business. "The circus is in town," and only the six best contestants remain in the running for the casting show "Egomania." However, five of them have extremely poor chances. Johanna, the mouse-gray outsider, has unexpectedly emerged as the clear favorite, contrary to all agreements. This is quite frustrating, and as it must, someone dies, and the moody archduke sends Hawelka and Schierhuber to the show floor to investigate. A different kind of favorite's demise. Surprisingly, the murder victim is not Johanna, but one of her competitors.