A father shoots his adult daughter - or so he says. Detective Lucas investigates a family where nobody trusts anyone else. Kathrin Löhns had to die because her father mistook her for a burglar. Now she lies dead in the boiler room. However, Lucas finds out that Wolfgang Löhns' statements about the crime cannot be correct. Then why does he take the fatal shot? His two sons Johannes and Markus deny the crime and suspect each other. Johannes is sure that everything is justis the cursed gold. After the financial crash in 2008, his father invested his entire fortune in gold. He no longer trusts anyone, especially not a bank. And he would defend his treasure no matter what. Even his children have no idea where he hid the gold.
Ellen Lucas must piece together many of the puzzle pieces to penetrate this family's toxic relationships and uncover the true circumstances of Kathrin's death. A criminal case that demands all of Lucas' psychological skills.