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Friedel is faced with a mystery. After she dropped her husband Herbert Lersch off at a corner bar in downtown Frankfurt, he has apparently 'gone into hiding'. The man in his mid-fifties, who works as a salesman in a hardware store, seems to have been offered a very lucrative side job during the meeting in the bar. While Friedel was away, he got the best clothes out of his wardrobe and left a letter with 5,000 marks: 'Something has come up. Don't wait for me. The money is for you. Herbert.' The following day, she receives a call in which Herbert informs her very taciturnly that 'something has happened' and that he will get back to her as soon as possible. 'Something has happened' indeed. The branch manager of a bank who pocketed millions by embezzling securities transactions has been murdered. Friedel Lersch turns to Dr. Franck.