A new case turns the life of the island commissioner upside down. Marten Hilmer, a wealthy real estate owner on Amrum, is found poisoned on his estate. Chief Inspector Lena Lorenzen returns to her old hometown to investigate. Is the perpetrator among the women with whom Hilmer had affairs over the years? Or was someone taken advantage of during a real estate transaction? When Lena discovers a picture of her mother in the victim's house, she struggles to focus on her work as a police officer. In addition to questioning the many suspects, she must find out how her own story is connected to the case.