Jakob Ostmann, also known as Jakovos Anatolis, has been living in Crete for 14 years. After several rather meager odd jobs, he opens a private detective agency in Agia Galini. A lady from Iraklion hires him for his first case. He is to investigate the murder of her father-in-law, Aristidis Rousakis. During his lifetime, he refused to sell even a square meter of his extensive estate on the southern coast. Only after his death were his three sons to inherit. Shortly after Jak Anatolis begins his investigations, he narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.