The body of a fruit grower is found in a meadow orchard, buried upside down and draped like a scarecrow. The spectacular staging of this murder leads Inspector Maris Bächle and her colleague Konrad Diener to suspect that a personal motive is behind it. The people of Freudenstadt speculate in private about the possible involvement of earth spirits. Legend has it that these spirits plunge headfirst into the ground at dawn after their night’s work is complete.
