The Graz chief investigator Sascha Bergmann and his colleague Eva Merz from the Spusi try to combine the official with the romantic, but unfortunately a routine case in the tranquil East Styrian hill country unexpectedly degenerates into work: What initially looks like the suicide of a drunk turns out to be poorly disguised murder! This in turn calls Bergmann's partner Sandra Mohr onto the scene, who puts herself in danger in her investigative zeal.

Police officer Martin encounters his ex-girlfriend Eva in a bar. Their initial small talk quickly turns serious, and the protagonist's search becomes clear: But he won't find an answer there or with his current girlfriend. In the glow of the neon lights, he drives angrily through the lonely winter night. After narrowly escaping an accident, he ends up in a brothel. But reality soon catches up with him again.