The bones -near a badger burrow- of priest-teacher Pater Wolfram, missing since a 2010 pupil abuse scandal in a Berlin Catholic boarding school, prove he was beaten to death. Henrik Mertens painstakingly finds out, despite secrecy among staff and former victims, that David Pecker, Max Sobota and father Thiel where involved, plus matron Daniela Krahl, a victim's sister. Tom Bach is not amused to find out Henrik Mertens and Julia Löwe manipulated him to steal counterfeit ransom for Dr. Katrin Stoll's abductor Zoch but helps identify the mole and set a trap for ex-GDR colleague Maria Kaschke.
—KGF Vissers