A dark forest. A man runs for his life. He finds a road. The car he wants to stop to save him runs over him. Prosecutor Reuther and police officers Klar and Fischer are investigating a settlement where all the houses seem to look the same. They find out that the dead man was having an affair with the neighbor's wife, whom he hated. But soon there is no trace of the woman. A woman's body is found buried at the edge of a forest. And the settlement is in a frenzy. Did the betrayed husband really murder his wife and rival?