Homicide Hills

Sophie Haas is disappointed with her assignment to the tiny mountain village of Hengasch but soon has her first investigation: find a missing mayor.

A famed pianist is assaulted and has one finger kidnapped for ransom, leaving it up to Sophie and her team to find the stolen digit.

The murder of a stranger occurs in the neighboring town of Dumpelbach and Sophie must team with a fellow investigator to solve the crime.

Sophie and Bärbel become lost while hunting a poacher in the forest; Dietmar's suspects are first his wife, then a young Pole who threatened his boss.

A lawyer poisoned with a cup of tea and a slain guinea pig point to a pair of potential perpetrators who are two sides of a long-running feud.

An elderly resident passes away and her death at first appears to be a natural one, but Sophie finds threatening letters to the deceased.

The body of an astrophysicist from Hamburg is found inside the parabolic mirror of a radio telescope, and suspicion falls on the dead man's spouse.

A body found in a vineyard turns out to be that of a little person just released from prison, a case linked to a mysterious bottle of pinot noir.

Sophie examines her feelings for Kauth the veterinarian, who wants a real relationship, while determining the cause of death of a local electrician.

Heike and Dietmar's gifted son Kevin attends a prestigious boarding school but when one of his teachers drops dead, the suspect list is long.

While considering a return to Cologne, an unhappy Sophie gets a new case: the shooting of local hardware store owner Pfaff in the forest.

The end of a romance somehow leads to the suicidal hostage-taking of a young black bear, a delicate situation requiring Sophie's negotiating skills.

An old man is pulled from the river on Father's Day and while his cause of death appears to be a heart attack, Sophie uncovers secrets from his past.