Der Tote am Teich (2015)

The Bohemian Forest, Upper Austria, in the middle of winter. Retired police officer Sepp Ahorner takes a morning walk to check his wildlife cameras. There, he discovers a body on the frozen village pond. The dead man is Jakob Prantner from Linz, who had been spending his vacation with Sepp’s cousin Geli Pfoser. One of Sepp’s old acquaintances, Detective Grete Öller of the Linz criminal police, and her young colleague Lisa Nemeth take over the case. Since the villagers are not very forthcoming with the two detectives, they repeatedly have to rely on Sepp’s investigations. The first suspect is Herbert Mayer. The evening before the murder, he had caught his wife Miriam with Prantner in the cowshed. The autopsy then reveals, however, that the victim was not only beaten to death with a curling stone but had also been poisoned beforehand with a bean from the miracle tree. In the end, it turns out that two of Sepp’s female cousins were responsible for Prantner’s death.