Wäldern

The pianist Lara Glanz returns to her hometown of Wäldern, shortly after her niece Magda disappears. Lara takes a job as a music teacher and begins to search for the girl on her own in her free time. The circumstances of Magda's disappearance seem more and more ghostly. Other incidents and residents of the sleepy village also puzzle Lara. For example, 16-year-old Aaron Wagner is a new addition to Lara's class. The introverted boy's mother seeks Lara's help. She is strangely worried that her divorced husband David is forcing the boy to perform strange rituals. Lara takes on the matter and quickly finds herself confronted with forces that cannot come from this world. Lara finds allies in the esoterically gifted alternative practitioner Dorothea Freiberg and the emeritus professor Rudolf Klein. At first, the three have no idea what demons they have to face, but then it becomes clear: Lara herself plays a central role in this mystery.

Lara is still looking for her niece Magda, who the police declared dead. At the same time, she has become a detective of the inexplicable in the forests. She is approached by Jochen Rust, whose daughter Merle has disappeared since the flood in the Ahr valley. While his wife Verena wants to declare her dead, he is sure that Merle is alive and asks Lara for help. Despite all her sympathy, she is initially overwhelmed. But then Merle appears out of nowhere, standing dripping wet in her parents' garden. The girl is a different person. She speaks loving words, but moves through her former home as if remotely controlled. Lara's adopted sister Greta also seems to be interwoven with the mysterious events surrounding the forests. Lara, Dorothea and Rudolf are on the trail of the mystery of where Merle has been for the last two years. An exciting search between the worlds begins...