A spectacular crime series in the cold early summer of Bamberg: VW Beetles are ritually stabbed and displayed around the city. The police believe it's the work of a lunatic, but private detective Katinka Palfy has worse worries: Why is her friend, the Viennese sculptor Dani Zanini, disappearing just before an important exhibition? And who left the stabbed toy Beetle in front of Dani's door? When Katinka receives a distress call from Dani, she seeks advice from her art-savvy father. However, Ignaz Palfy is hiding something from his daughter, putting her in great danger...