Huntress and woodland owner Thea Zinner's shot fails to kill a grazing deer, but the sabotaged rifle kills her. A lurker manages to flee. Thea's daughter Susanne and partner Britta Albrecht claim to ignore any motive. Heiress Susanne's badly indebted businessman fiance Klaas Wachowiak needed a capital injection, but Tea planned to disinherit Susanne, in case she married the architect, who would be ruined, yet denies firmly. Max finds environmentalist Eric Kuhn is the lurker, while game keeper Jennifer Ehrlich took bribes to 'overlook' spoiled youngsters hunting with Klaas. Britta secretly separated from Thea.
—KGF Vissers