When violence leaves invisible scars... Her first case in Stuttgart pushes Stralsund detective Meike Masur to her limits: Theater student Katie is found strangled in her apartment—an intimate form of violence, yet there's no clue to the perpetrator. Her investigation leads Meike to the set of a successful TV series where Katie's role seemed fiercely contested. In the first season, it was played by a different student, who remains silent about everything. Could it have something to do with the university lecturer who allegedly expected certain favors in exchange for sought-after roles? Soon, however, Meike's suspicion grows that the women don't even know what happened to them—or who should be charged. The detective must walk a tightrope, also dealing with the public prosecutor in charge...