Tue, Jan 4, 2011
Harald Gremm was fatally stabbed in his discotheque with a jagged diving blade. The previous night he battered with his former employer, Max Burger. Having dropped out of law school in police chief Achziger's time, Harald won ten out of twelve recent trials. Fresh widow Juliane denies the anonymously (allegedly by plummer Dirk Stegner, who was condemned to hefty damages) reported affair he planned to divorce her for, having engaged PI Torsten Gosch to no avail. Micki is not amused Stockle ascribes his recent bad luck to his horoscope, actually just last week's.
Tue, Jan 18, 2011
Christian Lind is about to leave for his new Hamburg job, but agrees to stay a few days till his exchange-successor Sven Hansens arrives in Rosenheim and meanwhile solve a last murder case with Korbinian, while Marie insists on a sendoff dinner. Pharm firm co-owner founding manager Tauber's naked corpse was found in bed at the apartment he officially uses when working late, in fact a love nest for sequential affairs, which fresh widow Cosima claims to be a case of mutual sexual freedom, but she risked to end up poor as he considered a divorce. The cause of death was 'reverse poisoning in slices': replacing is vital cardiac medicine with placebos, which takes weeks, impossible to time. Among the adultery partners are his sole-succeeding business partner's wife and Silvia Grabowski, equally 'ambitious' wife of rising executive Hajo, but the infidelity doesn't end there.
Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Two of the three members of the blind tasting jury in a hotel's cocktail mixing contest die from drinking Norbert Prinz's creation. Is third juror Ralph Kipplinger, husband of victim Lore, prime suspect or potentially still a target, having stepped out from a breather due to a mild asthma attack, which he could fake, to punish her adultery with famous Norbert Prinz? What about his jealous ex Sabine Mehringer? "Times Square"-publican Jo noticed victim Sandmann and sponsoring host Carsten Roessler argue bitterly before the event. Hofer and Hansen, whose well-started Caribbean regatta was wrecked by a storm, investigate. Precinct secretary Stockl and controller Ortmann plot about expenses.
Tue, Feb 1, 2011
Commissioner Florian Prantl returns as interim welcomed by new colleagues, even a cake which Stockel planned to bill as reception expenses, but accountant Ortmann warns that's against rules. His first case is the stabbing at her weekend cabin of Elke Willmers, who runs an inherited shipping firm tyrannically. Husband Wilhelm Nolte is disrespected and she planned a divorce. Both employee Walter Zengler, a senior with expensive taste who discovered the corpse, and Fritz Hübner, whom she fired and was about to report to the police for clandestine extra cargoes, lack alibis, and the one employee Elke Willmers eagerly offered for Nolte proves fake.
Tue, Feb 8, 2011
Keyboard maker and tuner Salome Adler is found by apprentice , skull-smashed in her workshop. Separated husband Gernot couldn't buy out her half of the grand house, but remains sole heir. Rising concert pianist and weekly tuning client Johannes Heidersberger hides his affair with her, notably from his domineering mother. Hansen and Florian Prantl wrestle with the atypical clue, a partial music score manuscript page with a cryptic post-it, which chief Gert Achtziger shows to a music professor after Classical music shop owner August Weimar claims he can't identify it.
Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Managing driving school owner Hauser is murdered. The relationship with his brother Oliver wasn't nearly as harmonious as he pretends, as he was considered a squandering loser, especially by sister in law Nina. His accounts are doctored, but he also stole clients from competitor Erwin Nimbach by offering a 'flexible' interpretation of the rules, so as to admit people who should be excluded.
Tue, Feb 22, 2011
Retired dance school owner S. is asphyxiated on bed at night with a cushion, in the building he inherited after his partner was murdered right there years ago in the very same apartment. Sven an Florian check out the tenants, who all had motives to want him dead, for one as he planned to sell the building if he got rid of all of them, including the nosy petty thief who ransacked his apartment while discovering the corps with the new janitor. Lover Martina Lembach dumped him for an even richer man, according to their investment adviser, a large sum seems missing.
Tue, Mar 1, 2011
Managing furniture shop owner Dillinger was skull-smashed in his show room. The workaholic was a bully boss, even for his sister Andrea , who didn't inherit from their father, but is now his sole heir. One employee was fired, another threatened him for belittling his wife to tears. Meanwhile Florian Prantl's lies may bite him in the arse as his girl friend, farmer Irmgard 'Irmy' Hasenrieder, arrives for a surprise visit and Stockle shows her the way to his host Maria Hofer, whom he referred to as cripple crone.
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
A bully wood trader is murdered at home. He was impossible to please, regularly threatened with the sack and recently fired someone for real. There was a doubly adulterous affair. His son and deputy manager already arranged for another job next month, and won't inherit any share since recent testament in favor of his stepmother. The sales manager took bribes to pay a quality supplier above the going rate. Meanwhile Florian Prantl's missing expenses declaration delays the quarterly precinct accounts and landed in a confidential files pile to be shred.
Tue, Mar 22, 2011
Music academy janitor Rudi Grass -who has an alibi- finds the corpse of pianist Nikolaus 'Niki' Waldorf, who was skull-smashed with a tuning hammer. He was expected to win the contest for a scholarship in New York. Remaining top candidates and Gerry Polster -with alibis- and Rudi's son Stephan Grassl, recently come into mystery money, whom caterer Elisabeth Kiermeier's daughter Chantal Kiermeier dumped recently for Nikolaus, whom employee ?Stephan threatened for bothering her, and after his alibi falls through claims to have found Niki dead. Niki blackmailed contest chief Bernd Völz.
Tue, Mar 29, 2011
Exclusive club president Joseph was strangled by nightfall after drinks at their reserved tavern bench. Achtziger assigns unenthusiastic Korbinian instead to mentor with willing Stockl- the psychology internship of their ministry supervisor Lausekönig's niece Sophie Kühn, so Hansen investigates with fraud detective Tobias Hartl. Prime suspect is Markus Erbacher, who challenged Joseph at the upcoming presidency (re)election. Robert Zenker and Vinzenz Kolb were rejected as new members, while desperately in need of such access to rich clients for their recently founded law firm in debt.
Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Skull-smashed building materials market owner Joseph Stuller is found by theft-suspected employee Franz Eicher and his own daughter Julia. The cash earnings were taken from the safe, Joseph had the only key. Tobias Hartl helps Hansen investigate, as Korbianian is still stuck with Sophie Kühn but reports sick preferring odd farm jobs, yet can't shake the psychology student. Weaker competitor Thomas Ohlmüller's merger plans ended in a row, but his playboy son Thomas remains engaged to Julia, whom he planned to disinherit. Ohlmüller's employee Florian Happach received mystery payments from Joseph to spy on Thomas.
Tue, Apr 12, 2011
Brilliant, professionally paid choir master Tim Haubig was fatally skull-smashed with the cup his otherwise amateur choir just won in Verona. Sven and Korbinian loo into the board, run by sponsoring chairman Friedrich Dollinger, and find secret gifts, blackmail as well as a are original Monteverdi score print. Chief Achziger discovered the corpse after bringing him a gift basket from his counterpart in Verona, where the choir won a prize for his music academy, but Ortmann freezes the distribution of goodies until Munich rules about possible bribery suspicions.
Tue, Sep 13, 2011
Fashion photographer Florian Bachner discovers the skull-smashed corpse of model Nathalie Rinner, the unidentified weapon was taken by the killer. Suspects include her jealous ex, architect Robert Raab, who admits having seen her but alive, and the whole team staying in a hotel and the mountain cabin rented for a photo-shoot by model agency manager Udo Schargl, whom she had an affair with, including jealous model Mona Lehrmann and Schargl's PA, a disfigured former model. Also missing, but surprisingly relevant, are the 40,000 Euro worth stilettos studded with diamonds she got after a Milan shoot. Detective Christian Lind was only passing for private affairs, but in the absence of Korbiian on Hamburg conference and with Sven assigned to go through the budget with Ortmann, Lindt assists proud 'lead' Hartl.
Tue, Sep 20, 2011
Skull-smashed football umpire Philip Ritter, a professional business auditor, is found by groundsman Peter Egelseer, who also finds 15000 Euros cash in his sports bag. Was he bribed by his last known contact, team president Markus Köhler? With Sven occupied in budget matters and Hofer on Lubeck course, Tobias Hart must investigate with detective Christian Lind. Ritter is suspected of covering up dirty real estate deals implying near-bankrupt FC Rosenthal. Jo tips off Christian that Ritter is a friend of coach Christoph Jeromin, who admits Kohler wanted him fired. Team treasurer Barbara Löffler and her affair also seem involved, as well as fresh widow Andrea.
Tue, Nov 1, 2011
Goldmith Gisbert von Bodenstett was skull-smashed in Ganting marina clubhouse, the evening of mayor Karl Schretzmayer's party after the annual regatta, which Hanses partook in, without success. Hansen and Hofer investigate fresh widow Sylvie, the guests and catering staff *. Yachting guest Friedrich Stanglmeier claims his complaint about a missing diamond against the jeweler was not personal, actually may be the doing of Gisbert's competent assistant Eva Nussdorf, who actually produces many of his jewels. Gisbert had an affair with Friedrich's wife Doris, hence the fake complaint. Party pictures yield a fraud trail. Police chief Achtziger duly mistrusts Ganging's offer to host a sponsored series of classical concerts to be organized by the music academy, but the sponsor prefers beach volleyball.
Tue, Nov 8, 2011
Young Georg Asam seems sleeping at the bus stop in Klara village, but Lothar Buschinger finds him fatally stabbed recently, the knife is missing, he was beaten previously. Big brother Alfons Asam seems uninterested, actually feared a possible farm inheritance claim from the squander bug. Georg was the main suspect in an arson and the new boyfriend of publican Max Lohner's ex. Achziger gets Marie to write for him a eulogy for music academy donor Martin Becker, whose son surprisingly has to share the mill inheritance with Georg.
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
Travel agency owner Thomas Kron, was skull-smashed there. Client Herbert Süßmaier blamed it for his wife's death on holiday. Co-founder Davor 'Piero'Perkov was demoted to employee. Hansen and Stadler also grill Kron's wealthy girl friend Erika Gassner, who found him unfaithful, and her daughter Nicole Gassner, who feared for her inheritance. Apprentice detective Ludwig Loibl joins them, bright, observant, erudite and enterprising, but makes a lousy start with Achziger by failing to report for duty first.
Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Professor Keller was skull-smashed in his office and has an equally recent blue bruise, probably from a ring. Founding partner professor Joachim Hoff fears for their orthopedic clinic's reputation. Hartl and Lind investigate staff, present and former, notably fired Dr. Patrick Weidemann, who disagreed with needlessly expensive methods, and the head nurse who was promoted when replacing the predecessor as lover first. Tobias can barely concentrate, lacking home cooking in his wife's absence, so flirts with a nurse, till Marie takes pity and invites him for dinner, even lets him move in for the night.