Ehrlicher - 34 - Waidmanns Heil

A new case leads Commissioners Ehrlicher and Kain to the Leipzig area. The hunter Lothar Sofsky was shot dead during a battue. There's a load of buckshot in his body. An accident? Apparently Sofsky hadn't worn a vest while hunting, contrary to regulations. But traces of fibers in the wound prove the opposite. Shortly thereafter, his vest is confiscated – buried in the forest floor, with a clear hole pattern. It was murder... One of the other hunters is the game wholesaler Karsten Dietz, who mentioned during the first questioning that he didn't like Sofsky. Then, however, he refers to his older brother Gernot, who has leased the hunting ground. Sofsky, a wealthy real estate owner, was a silent partner in Gernot Dietz's riding stables and therefore his business partner.
Next, the arms dealer Georg Herboltz divulges a piquant detail from Sofsky's private life: the husband had approached the young, beautiful Simone Körner, who works as a waitress in the hunter's favorite "Lindenhof". The widow Birgit Sofsky, who was also part of the hunt, confirmed that she knew about her 20-year-old competitor and the relationship. She also says that her husband wanted to sell his shares in the riding stables, which would have broken Gernot Dietz's neck financially. Both men had therefore argued violently three days ago. Fear of existence and jealousy - two plausible motives for a murder. But within the circle of potential perpetrators and the hunter community there are completely different relationships.
Village policeman Schulz also knows how to tell about Gernot's fights and still remembers the Dietz brothers' youth well: two boys, as different as day and night. When a second murder occurs in the hunting ground, Ehrlicher and Kain have to delve deeper into the story of the brothers Gernot and Karsten Dietz. The two hunters are at the center of a tragedy that is unstoppable. The inspectors encounter an old, still open score and hatred, jealousy and envy...