Rosen und Diamanten

The murder of a businessman puzzles Chief Prosecutor Bernd Reuther. Who could have had a motive to get the boss out of a can factory? Victor Cornies was stabbed in his company's parking lot. For Dr. Judith Engel's stab wounds indicate an unusual murder weapon. Cornies had returned from a business trip from Russia a few hours before his murder. From Dr. Eberhard Schenk, the victim's lawyer, learns to Reuther that the company was on the brink of bankruptcy a year ago and could only be saved by a capital contribution from private wealth. Neither Eberhard Schenk nor the tacit management consultant Adrian von Baas want to know where Cornies got the necessary equity for this.
The investigation shows that Cornies recently had a violent argument with his assistant Katharina Grundlach. Are you suddenly related to the death of your boss? And what role does Grundlach's colleague Ute Siebers play, who was apparently jealous of the good relationship between Cornies and his assistant? Chief Commissioner Kerstin Klar and Commissioner Max Fischer learn that Tatjana Cornies, the victim's wife, runs a foundation financed by her husband's company. Did Tatjana possibly know about the precarious financial situation of the company and therefore worried about the future of its foundation? Their son, Nicholas Cornies, also puzzles the investigators.
Why is the business student reluctant to take over the management after the death of his father? Reuther and the investigators finally track down the high bill of the victim for a pair of bespoke shoes, and his employees Michaela Dorn. What is behind the expensive custom-made product? To solve this tricky case, Bernd Reuthers razor-sharp combination gift is once again required.