»Just for the record: This is an extremely strange night. And strange nights are always a harbinger.«

Due to an unfortunate incident where she convicted a superior of corruption and shot a gangster all at once, district attorney Chastity Riley has been transferred to victim protection and thus – officially been put in the backwater. Her private life doesn’t offer any consolation either: her formerly favourite colleague sets out, what with his midlife crisis and all, on his own personal vendetta, while her most faithful ally in the police department descends into the depths of his broken heart.

The first victim she is sent to is a man without a name and who was admitted to the Marien Hospital in Hamburg unconscious and badly beaten up. It’s evident that this was a professional job – a classic warning shot. Riley soon develops a connection to the man and slowly wins his trust, but who he is and what happened to him remains a mystery. Finally, after two or eight beers on the hospital ward, he reveals a lead that takes Riley to Leipzig. There, she finds not only an ally as well as far too many drugs. When she realizes who is behind all this, she sees a chance to finally catch one of the really big fish…

Beton Rouge