Stuttgart is a town whose social, economic and cultural contrasts sometimes can't be reconciled without violence. It's a place that needs a special crime squad: Stuttgart Homicide. The team knows its turf inside out and glides smoothly from one level of society to another: from illegal betting clubs to mafia extortionists, from greedy quality inspectors to thieving firemen, and from fanatical Christians to bedridden mothers who can't die soon enough for their loved ones …