Episode list

A city detective is ordered to move the country, where police work is somewhat more boring than she expected. The team work to solve the two unsolved crimes in the village - arson attacks from over 30 years ago and the case of the disappearing mayor.

A man is found dead face down in a stream. The local gynecologist pronounces death by natural causes, apparently a heart attack. Sophie is suspicious, however, because the dead man is wearing a pearl necklace.

The wife of a famous pianist asks the police to check up on her husband, as he's not answering the phone. They find him in the company of a strange man wearing cowboy boots - reason enough for Sophie and team to investigate.

A body is found in a small chapel near Hengasch, just outside the bounds of Sophie's jurisdiction, and she finds herself having to share the case with the son of her predecessor.

Sophie and Bärbel find themselves in a very dire situation.

An old grouch constantly complains about his noisy neighbor, even after her death.

A deservedly disliked old woman, bedridden with a terminal illness, has her departure accelerated by one of several who might gain from her demise.

Dead doctor dangling from dish of radio-telescope at daybreak. Doer of dastardly deed to be deduced.

Non-vintage body in a vineyard leads to discovery of a battle for a bottle.

For a change, it is not just any violent criminal, but veterinarian Kauth who is putting the gun to Sophie's head: he wants to turn their affair into a solid relationship, and even move in with her. Before Sophie makes a decision, she first solves the mystery of the seriously injured electrician Poppelrath, who is lying in the garden of the housewife Kafka with an inexplicable head injury and a heart attack. Is the blame really on the newly arrived man from East Germany, who is behaving in a highly suspicious manner - at least in the eyes of the Hengaschers? Or does the victim's pathologically jealous wife have a hand in it? And has a crime even been committed? If so, Sophie is the only police officer who is interested, because Dietmar prefers to deal with a series of strange spy cameras in Hengascher bedrooms, and Bärbel is a total failure because he is finally in love. Since she fell head over heels for the carpenter Mathilde, she has not been able to think clearly. In contrast to Sophie, who, with plenty of selfishly motivated support from Zielonka senior, has to realize that her love for Kauth is not enough to fundamentally change her life in favor of a relationship, Bärbel realizes one thing above all: love has more facets than she previously suspected.

Deadly material.

Sophie feels increasingly lonely in Hengasch and seriously considers leaving the police force and returning to Cologne. However, she is somewhat distracted from her gloomy thoughts by another murder: hardware store owner Pfaff is shot while Nordic walking in front of his wife and an employee. Pfaff ran his hardware store with an iron fist, and a number of recent incidents indicate that he had enemies - but is the perpetrator really to be sought in the wider community? Because the best motives for the crime actually come from the people who were present at the murder. But how could they have done that? While Sophie tries to unravel the secrets of two marriages that are not really working well, a partnership is working brilliantly: Heike and Dietmar have driven to Holland in a camper van and are enjoying their second honeymoon there despite the pouring rain.

A disturbed zookeeper takes an animal hostage over a dispute with her co-worker/ boyfriend, who who turns out to be an ex of Sophie Haas. Her old boss calls her in to assist, reluctantly. More turns out to be going on as Sophie soon discovers.