During an idyllic concert of piano music at an expensive Alpine resort, a man falls from under the ceiling of the auditorium. He dies and kills the one on whom he so unexpectedly fell. The Haupt Commissioner of the Criminal Police Ennerwein begins an investigation. His team needs to find out what happened. A ridiculous suicide? A tragic and funny accident? Or a double murder? The press is sophisticated in black humor; previously bored locals now savor the details of the incident over a glass of beer. And the police are marking time until they suddenly come across completely unusual circumstances of the case.