While hunting, Rolf Kanther, the director of a midsized manufacturer of military technology, is shot from a great distance in his raised blind, right next to his daughter Sonja. The circumstances are initially unclear – was it an unthinkable fluke accident, or a meticulously executed murder? Inspector Helen Dorn of the State Office of Criminal Investigations is assigned to the investigation. At the crime scene, she talks to Sonja, who is still in shock.