Christian Kuchenbuch

Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Medical examiner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head with suspects and try to get to the truth - even if it means breaking the rules and risking it all.

Aynur, a German woman of Kurdish-Turkish descent, struggles for a free, self-determined life in the face of her family's opposition. Her brothers insult and threaten her until she finally reports her oldest brother to the police.

The retired Chief superintendent Jakob Franck who often had to inform relatives as a "death messenger", now hopes to lead a life beyond the dead.