A glimpse into the depths of the human soul. On the Sunday of the Dead in November 2016, a heinous crime occurs in the tranquil Weserbergland, causing worldwide revulsion and horror. In front of a small child, a man plunges a knife into a woman's heart and lung. He then retrieves an axe from his car. As if out of his mind, he strikes the young mother on the head and body. He notices that he is being watched, but it does not bother him. The perpetrator places a noose around the dying victim's neck and attaches the other end of the rope to the tow hitch of his car. Then he accelerates. He intends to drag his ex-wife to her death. Burov shows no mercy. This is the first case for homicide investigators Herma van Dyck and Kurt Brenner. The detectives also have to deal with two other mysterious cases: In a house in the old town of Hameln...