In the middle of the preparations for the Lüneburg city festival, Katharina von Hagemann has to deal with gruesome finds: Human body parts are discovered in and around Lüneburg. Who is playing his sadistic game here? Is someone tortured to death in torture in this otherwise idyllic Hanseatic city? A coincidence puts the inspector on a disturbing track and gives her an idea of the confusing connections behind this brutal case. But can she also clear it up?