Capellari’s restless, criminology-related curiosity gets him involved in his very first murder case: Marlene Becker’s body is found in the lake. The murder victim was the beautiful young secretary of Professor Emil Heberstein, owner of a well-known private clinic for holistic regeneration. The police believe Sepp Schilcher, a worker at the local sailboat yard, to be the killer. But Capellari has known Sepp for a long time through his own love of sailing, and he firmly believes in his innocence, despite the fact that Sepp is a well-known peeping Tom.
