It becomes evident that Marianne was murdered, and Prochazka begins an investigation. Alma, who has been behaving strangely since the discovery of the body, is interrogated.
Lucia and her family move to the village of Rotten among the mountains. The mountain air is supposed to help her daughter with her asthma, but the family faces a tough start to life in the village.
The village looks for Alman on the Muttstein, with the weather complicating things. Lucia believes that her daughter is still alive, even with her chances of survival reducing as time passes.
