Commissioners Hansen, on his last day before a long sailing holiday, and Stadler, whose wife's anniversary surprise gift gets broken in the precinct mail, investigate the fatal skull-smashing of visiting diva pianist Itsumi Takahashi-Brenner during nocturnal practice in Rosenheim's music academy, where he's found by Marie. Her virtually emasculated husband Max Brenner had an affair with her ambition-frustrated student, Judith Schäfer. Manager and inseparable flunky Thomas Vogt was pretty liberal with her credit card.
—KGF Vissers