Donna Leon - Feine Freunde & Das Gesetz der Lagune

'Fine Friends': Commissario Guido Brunetti (Uwe Kockisch) gets an unexpected visitor. Signor Franco Rossi (Heinrich Schmieder) from the municipal land registry office has to inform him that unfortunately there is no building permit for the beautiful condominium of the Brunetti family. If the corresponding papers are not available soon, there is even a threat of demolition of the entire building. Only a short time later, the conscientious Rossi falls from scaffolding. Brunetti does not believe in an accident, but smells a murder. He takes up the investigation with Sergente Lorenzo Vianello (Karl Fischer) and comes across a swamp of corruption in the Venetian building authority.

'The Law of the Lagoon': In the small fishing village of 'Pellestrina', a boat explodes in the early morning. Two bodies are recovered, their forensic examination confirms Brunetti's criminal instinct - the two fishermen had already been murdered before. The investigations on site are stagnating, because the people are closed and refuse any cooperation with the police. To move the case forward, Signorina Elettra offers her help to Zorzi (Annett Renneberg). She has relatives on the small island and goes into hiding there for undercover investigations. After another murder on Pellestrina, it becomes clear what danger Brunetti's secretary is in - especially since she falls in love with an attractive young fisherman there.