A detective leaves the force to take over the family business as an undertaker at the same time as he is being investigated for murder. His close encounters with corpses and his earlier police training lead him to see things some of his ex-colleagues miss and he investigates the crimes he encounters in an unofficial capacity often to the dismay of the official police.
Young Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains where she discovers the liberty and the beauty of Swiss landscapes. Later when Heidi is forced to become a companion to a young invalid girl in a big town, she discovers just how much she misses the mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter.
A detective returns to her home town in the Swiss mountains, to remember her brother who died in an accident many years ago along with several other children. After a murder in town, she stays and starts to investigate.
In the Croatian coastal town of Senj , orphans living on the fringes of society come together under the leadership of a girl who, because of her red hair , is called Rote Zora . The citizens of the city treat the destitute children like outcasts. Wild pranks are the reactions of the troops. In order to survive, the children become criminals, but within their community they adhere to fixed rules. Your top priority is solidarity. They call themselves Uskoks . The only one who feels connected to them is the old fisherman Gorian. The children help him to assert himself against the big fishing companies.
Normally, the Valais cantonal police are concerned with minor details: runaway sheep and a presence at the village festival. Until the day when an inconceivable murder attempt awakens the criminalistic energy of policemen Bax and Pirmin. In the process, the duo not only uncovers local networks, but also tangles with dark forces.