Hölzer - 03 - Das Herz der Schlange

The investigative team is sitting in a good mood in a Saarbrücken restaurant: Chief Inspector Leo Holz (Vladimir Burlakov), Chief Inspector Adam Schürk (Daniel Sträßer), Chief Inspector Esther Baumann (Brigitte Urhausen) and Chief Inspector Pia Heinrich (Ines Marie Westernströer) have just finished eating when Adam receives a text message from his father urging him to go home as his mother is very unwell. Adam reluctantly sets off, but only meets his father at home, who pretends to have an important conversation with him. Meanwhile, a mission message reaches the rest of the team. Leo and Pia make their way to the scene of the crime: they find the body of Cora Reuters in a villa in the best part of Saarbrücken.
In addition, a blood-smeared baseball bat, an empty can of pepper spray, an open safe with wads of cash in it - and a suspected perpetrator who is seriously injured on the ground and is therefore taken to the hospital. When he dies there a short time later in an unnatural way, the team around Chief Inspector Woods quickly realizes that there is more to it than an unsuccessful burglary. Initial investigations show that Cora Reuters was broken into a few months ago and a surveillance camera was secretly installed. Adam is missing from the briefing the next morning.