Cape Town

New Year in Cape Town. Police Captain Mat Joubert is still devastated by the murder of his wife Lara - a member of the elite police unit HAWKS who was killed 13 months ago during an undercover action. She and her target person Carsten Petterson, with whom she had to start an affair in order to convict him, were killed during the operation. Mat is on the point of taking is own life...

Mat and his partner Sanct get called to a new crime scene: the body of Drew Wilson is found - this time the victim wears a Humphrey Bogart mask. On the gay man's laptop Mat and Sanct find a picture indicating that the victim had an intimate relationship with Charlie Zeelie, a famous cricket player.

Galia's dead body is found in a quaint lake east of Cape Town. The autopsy reveals that she has been drugged heavily and drowned afterward. Her friend Irena is still at Villa Enigma. She seems to buy Brian's lie that Galia has been sent back to Europe, but soon senses that she is in danger. Her attempt to escape from Villa Enigma fails.

Star coiffeur Oliver Nienaber is in panic, as well. Anticipating that he could be the next victim, he asks Robin Van Rees, Head of Rinkhals Security, for protection. Again, we don't know yet how Nienaber is linked to the other Mauser victims and what makes him think he might be the next one.

In the Mauser case, Mat and Sanct interrogate the star coiffeur Oliver Nienaber whose car was seen at Alexander MacDonald's place. Nienaber at first denies knowing MacDonald, but then finally admits it in a rough interrogation. Shortly after, Nienaber falls victim to the Mauser murderer, too.

Irena Krol, who has survived the brutal rape by Vitus Moremi, is on the run. She is chased by a Rinkhals Security guard and then gets hit by a pickup. Having to be treated in intensive care, her life is not only threatened by her critical condition but also by Norbert Wernicke and Rinkhals Security who try to finish off the potential witness.