Local lake fisherman Georg Dachs's corpse floats into it, skull smashed with a paddle at drift. Newbie König and next mentor Hofer's prime suspect is competitor Karl Gmeinwieser, who filed a potentially wrecking quota complaint. *Dachs's fiancee, Marlies Wimmer may have found out about his hot affair with younger ecologist and photographer Sandra Rieger, whom he promised to wed. Finally Dachs's saleswoman and junior partner Anna Hofbauer risked her livelihood. Sebastian König's expertise as former cellist saves chief Achtziger and Marie's bacon as they must choose candidates for the academy's conservatory scholarships.