Truck driver Khuong Nguyen is lying dead in his cab. Was it an accident or murder? Where is the elusive hitchhiker who had ridden with him to the rest stop? In their first case under Kelting’s strict supervision, Anastasia and Charlotte begin to investigate at the rest stop where the body was found. Johann Uhlig is in a state of shock after discovering the body. But a clue soon leads the investigators to a brothel in Halle – and what Anastasia discovers there triggers an avalanche.