With a broken neck, the life of the shady carpet dealer comes to an end. Commissioner Bussard is not lacking in motives. What he doesn't know is that his partner, Anja Hill, was threatened by the victim. While the commissioner investigates the surroundings of the murdered man, Anja becomes the focus of a sinister interest. No one suspects, least of all Bussard, the danger that the policewoman is in. When she fails to show up for duty, the situation escalates dramatically. Hunters become the hunted. In the fifth installment of the Bussard series, the author once again proves himself to be a master of suspense. He succeeds in creating an atmosphere in his new thriller where the investigators are as close to the reader as the perpetrator, while delusion and reality merge together.