The Russian student Juri Salnikow has disappeared. His apartment in Bern-Bümpliz was broken into, even though there was clearly nothing to steal. Then his unemployed neighbor Ilka Kovacs receives a postcard from Leukerbad: Juri Salnikow is asking for help. When Ilka Kovacs arrives in Leukerbad, Juri is already dead in the steam grotto of a spa. No one knows how he got in there at night. She liked Juri and has time, so she begins to investigate on her own. She quickly finds unclaimed cash, a shady notary and trustee from Leuker, a wealthy Russian art lover with a diverse background, strange real estate deals that lead her to reticent inheritance officials, and a mysterious data stick. Before she understands anything, she finds herself in danger...