Budding author Andreas Unstet's corpse is found in the city park by nosy, dog-walking senior neighbor Käthe Haase. Just before the literary course, he argued with fellow student Sara Meiler, who is forced to admit hey had an affair behind her husband, antiquary Uwe Meiler's back, and his alibi is disproved. Unstet's debut novel manuscript, the only thing robbed when his apartment was broken into, is found at Käthe Haase's, possibly also a motive, the dodgy janitor also had access and the course instructor fails to hide his jealousy that only the newbie was offered a lucrative publishing contract. Chief Achtziger, discretely helps out over-modest Sebastian König's application for a Nürnberg post, also to please his uncle Dr. Lauser-König.