A Monday in September. Three women are shot in the Husum Castle Park. They all belong to the organizing team of the Pole-Poppenspäler Festival, the major annual cultural event in the region. The brutal triple murder shocks the entire town. Even Commissioner Jan Swensen, who is already troubled by a mysterious series of break-ins, nearly loses his Buddhist calm. The investigation team is under high pressure, there are too many suspects, and it seems that anyone could be the murderer...