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Retired city cop Hauke Jacobs starts a new career as veterinarian in Ostsee small port town Schwanitz, where he bough a home boat. The only local vet dies from a suicidal car-dive in the canal before Hauke's eyes at arrival, despite local 'chief' cop Lona Vogt after him. So unconventional, in-living practice assistant Jule Christiansen is hired as Hauke takes over the patients. Beach-strolling, Jacob discovers a stranded fishing boat, aboard of which are parrot Käpt'n Hook and two corpses, the first in the (Lübeck) area in decades. Drowning in inexperience, Vogt commandeers reluctant Hauke's expertise. The case turns international: two Latvian ferry passengers are reported missing, in fact au pair-girls tracked down by human traffickers Matthias Keller and Viktors Berzins and hiding with local widower farmer Thorsten Riemann, being observed by Turkish tramp Mehmet Ösker.

Veterinarian and ex-Hamburg cop Hauke Jacobs refuses to believe his practice town Schwanitz's legend that as every seven year, medieval raider Viking captain Sven rises from his sea grave to kill two people, but on Baltic peninsula Priwall every one shivers anyway. Local Selchow is found in bed, drowned, so constable Lona Vogt and Hauke's assistant Jule Christiansen superstitiously blame wild Sen, whom fisherman drowned about 10 years ago. While Jacobs and Vogt search for the real, modern killer, his past as key witness in a mob trial requiring witness protection reaches the sleepy harbor town, involving Turks and a maritime smuggling scheme but also a dark personal grudge secret about the Lutheran minster's daughter, whose abuse-murdered daughter Agnes was deemed a previous Sven victim.

Estonia.

The transport.

Hauke Jacobs's vet practice wins the municipal social projects prize for assistant Jule Christiansen's neglected animals 'mercy garden', but she feels neglected by Hauke, who ignores her romantic interest and eagerly invites to his home boat ex Sandy de Man, who cook for the pair and hopes to lure him away. Her arrival 'coincides' with the crimes of two fake beat cops, actually drug trade thugs from Hamburg, who terrorize locals, including a gambling-debts-bound farmer accomplice. Hauke and constable Lona Voigt tie their trails together.

Vet and former police detective Hauke Jacobs 'helps' Schwanitz constable investigate the possibly accidental fatal shooting at the outskirts of town of generally disliked local huntsman Benedikt from a reputed family. Daughter Sara Benedikt (17) hides the identity of her baby's father, even to her protective big brother and now guardian Lukas Benedikt (19), actually Kai Jensen, son of family arch-rival Lars. Surveyor Achim Möller, the Benedikts' friend since a half year, actually secretly found out heir worthless land was about to yield a fortune. False presumptions due to secrecy may cause pointless new violence.

Gold.

Mrs. Irmler.

Police officer Lona Vogt falls into a trap and is seriously injured in an explosion. Hauke Jacobs and assistant Jule try to find the culprit.

A man is found with his throat severed. Apparently there is a professional killer in Schwanitz.

A serial killer is targeting red-haired women. This has fatal consequences for Lona. All of Schwanitz is shocked. Jule tries to lure the perpetrator on her own.

In "The attack", the Prime Minister Maria Wengler makes a detour to Schwanitz to visit the house where she was born. Sounds harmless - but investigative journalist Jan Bank is shot dead while researching on site. The LKA man Frank Schmiedel, bodyguard for the Prime Minister, found the weapon at Hauke Jacobs of all places. Only with the help of his veterinary assistant Jule Christiansen and his new colleague could Jacobs prove his innocence. There are increasing indications that Jan Bank was on the trail of a plot whose goal could be an assassination attempt on the top politician.

Hauke Jacobs new partner Hannah Wagner gets a visit from her old life: the young Maik Lisek, who got involved with the wrong people in Kiel, urges her to give him money. Before Hannah can find out who is in debt to him, the boy secretly runs away with her service weapon and uses it to raid Mehmet Ösker's gas station. During the chase there is a serious accident that Hauke only survives because Hannah saves him. However, he has memory lapses. Meanwhile, Jule has her hands full at Frederike Barrow's farm. A rare epidemic has broken out there. Frederike Barrow blames her younger sister Conny for this. Conny then seeks consolation from Maik, who is hiding in a Barrow's barn. Before Hauke can find out what actually happened between Hannah and Maik, the young lovers set off on the next fateful raid .

At a traffic control, Hannah Wagner and Hauke Jacobs find a cut finger in a suitcase. The driver, in whose car the suitcase was, claims not to have known anything. He pulls out a lawyer's business card. He's there immediately, talks alone to his client - and shoots him. He was evidently a cleaner, a criminal service provider who would remove all traces if the worst came to the worst. At the same time, Ansgar Brandel, the pastor in Schwanitz, is collecting money for a young widow in need. When he told the gang boss Mateo Talamantes about it while visiting prison as a pastor, he had a suggestion: He had just lost one of his messengers, and the pastor could like the job. He just has to drive a suitcase around every now and then. And if, contrary to expectations, there is trouble, here is his lawyer's card. Ansgar Brandel accepts - but at the first rest the car and the explosive drug load is promptly stolen from him. Namely from Stella, Jules veterinary fellow student. The two of them want to free a few unsuitable apes together and so unexpectedly get into the killer's sights.

The Christmas season is not exactly contemplative for the Schwanitzer. When the ferry stops operating and the dike breaks in the neighboring village, the place is cut off from the outside world. Then a stranger shoots Santa Claus and the party is in complete danger. Leisure Santa Claus Martin has stood in for his buddy - was the fatal shot aimed at him? Does the man have to be protected? Or did he know they wanted to kill him - and killed two birds with one stone? In the winter hunt for the murderer, Hauke Jacobs, Hannah Wagner and veterinary assistant Jule prove to be a well-rehearsed team. The villagers have to get together and celebrate Christmas together. At the end Jule gets a big surprise, Blecki and Töteberg dance together with Ösker and Bine Pufal and the whole village. The perpetrator is convicted and - oh wonder - the Christmas skeptic Hauke Jacobs presents the children as Santa Claus.

Andreas Brose, better known in Schwanitz as "Andy from next door", is a tree made by one man and gifted with craftsmanship. So he repairs Hauke's broken boat engine and helps Hannah renovate her new house. Andy's mind, heart and instinct are more like a child's. When Andy finds his foster father Cem Brose dead, he is suspected of murder based on a testimony. Hauke and Hannah find out that Andy's adoptive father Cem Brose was once a treasure hunter. Could the murder have anything to do with a stolen diamond? The investigation leads to a second fatality and then Andy disappeared.

Hauke Jacobs is pushed to the extreme as an investigator by colleague Hannah Wagner, while Jule Christiansen is primarily concerned about her ailing father. A chance reunion with the Kiel police officer Jost Striesow leads Hannah to call her ex-colleague Lasse, with whom she once had an affair. It comes to light that Striesow was apparently lubricated by a powerful Kiel drug ring and is now on the run. He is said to have kidnapped a girl to prevent her from testifying in a criminal trial. Hauke and Hannah immediately start looking for the girl. They get support from Kiel: Lasse and his colleague Nina come to Schwanitz. But Hauke is skeptical about the two. Who can he really trust? And Hauke's jealousy of Lasse isn't exactly helping the investigation either. When the kidnapped girl is able to free herself and seeks protection from Jule's father Dirk of all people, everyone is in great danger.

Not only as a commissioner, but also as a veterinarian and animal rescuer, Hauke Jacobs has to give everything to solve several cases at once. A lead in the murder investigation into the death of informer Frank Schuster leads Hauke and Hannah to Kai Schwarz's local kennel. Meanwhile, Jule has to operate on Herbert Winter's bitch in the Jacobs-Christiansen group practice. The animal had apparently eaten deadly bait. Jule and Winter are looking for clues as to who might have set the bait. Jule has a suspicion. Hauke and Hannah examine the kennel. The main concern there is probably not the welfare of the animals, but rather the camouflage of an illegal transhipment point. The investigation uncovers a perfidious system. Extremely expensive and not yet approved cancer drugs are apparently smuggled from Poland to Germany - in the stomachs of the animals and at their own risk. A whole pack of dogs is currently on the move and in great danger of death.

Hauke Jacobs und Hannah Wagner bekommen es diesmal mit echten Schwerverbrechern zu tun. Während ihres Transports gelingt vier Strafgefangenen die Flucht (dargestellt von Roman Knizka, Tino Führer, Konstantin Lindhorst und Vincent Leittersdorf). Ihr Plan: unerkannt in Schwanitz untertauchen und sich dann mit der Abendfähre absetzen. Als sie in ein Haus einbrechen, um sich mit neuer Kleidung auszustatten, kommt es zum Schusswechsel mit dem Bewohner. Dieser stirbt, einer der Flüchtigen wird verletzt. Die Häftlinge nehmen Jule Christiansen, die ärztliche Hilfe leistet, und ihre Praktikantin Lea (Carolin Garnier) als Geiseln, ohne dass das jemand im Dorf merken darf. Eine schwierige Situation für Hauke und Hannah, die den Gangstern auf die Schliche kommen, aber Jule und die Praktikantin Lea nicht in Lebensgefahr bringen dürfen.

In "Canasta" ist die Kartenspielrunde von Bestatter Töteberg (Stephan A. Tölle) namensgebend. Diese hat vor kurzem ihr viertes Mitglied durch einen mysteriösen Todesfall verloren, als ein weiterer Vorfall das Spielgeschehen erneut torpediert. Kaum haben Hildegard Knutzen (Marion Kracht) und Jutta Weinert (Katja Danowski) mit Töteberg auf ihren verblichenen Mitspieler angestoßen, rast ein Wagen ungebremst in Tötebergs Garten. Der angeschossene Fahrer lebt gerade noch lange genug, um den dreien mitzuteilen, dass sich in seinem Kofferraum eine Menge Geld befindet. Ein rätselhaftes Geschehen, das komplizierte Ermittlungen und weitreichende Verwicklungen für Kommissarin Hannah Wagner nach sich zieht. Zudem suchen Hauke Jakobs und Jule Christiansen parallel auch noch nach einer geeigneten Unterstützung für die Tierarztpraxis .

In Jule Christiansens Tierarztpraxis taucht eine Frau auf, die sich Jule gegenüber als "Natalja" vorstellt. Hauke ist sich jedoch sicher, dass Natalja längst gestorben ist. Dies bleibt nicht das einzige Geheimnis der rätselhaften Frau, denn auch das BKA und die russische Polizei scheinen sie zu verfolgen. Aber warum? Und was hat es mit dem Sohn auf sich, den Natalja Hauke Jacobs gegenüber bei ihrer Festnahme erwähnt? Ehe er das gemeinsam mit Hannah Wagner herausfinden kann, sind sie schon zwischen die lebensgefährlichen Fronten zweier Geheimdienste geraten.

Twelve-year-old orphan Paula accidentally witnesses a shootout in which a woman is killed. Because she was seen, Paula has to fear for her life. But the girl doesn't dare to go to the police because the two perpetrators have disguised themselves as police officers. When the woman's body is found on the Schwanitz coastline, she has nothing with her except a note with the words "Goblin Number Four". A big mystery for Hauke Jacobs and Hannah Wagner, which doesn't get any less unusual. The woman's name and origin cannot be determined and apparently no one misses her.

Lothar Müller, often called "Lottchen" by friends, is a popular sales representative who travels a lot. But one day he doesn't come home. Hauke Jacobs and Hannah Wagner take action immediately after receiving the missing person report. In fact, Lothar Müller's body is found on the coast - in Travemünde. He was murdered. As his wife Susanne and his daughter Anna learn in horror, "Lottchen" existed twice: once as a father in Schwanitz - and once as a father in Travemünde, where he and Lisa have their son Finn. And with it a complete second existence.

Bei einer Schießerei mit dem aus dem Gefängnis geflohenen Mörder Wigald Tomke wird Hauke lebensbedrohlich verletzt. Als er anschließend auf seinem Boot wieder zu sich kommt, wirkt zunächst alles wie immer. Doch schon bald bemerkt Hauke, dass die Welt, wie er sie ursprünglich kannte, völlig auf dem Kopf steht und er der Einzige ist, dem das aufzufallen scheint. Nur Wigald Tomke ist immer noch derselbe und ermordet einen beliebten Schwanitzer nach dem anderen. Aber wie kann das sein?. Die Antwort auf diese Frage liefert Hauke sein eigentlich längst verstorbener Freund Simon Rost: Hauke liegt in Wahrheit im Koma. Genau wie Wigald Tomke. Und der Kampf zwischen Tomke und ihm ist ein Kampf darum, wer von beiden wieder ins Leben zurückkehren darf.

Nahe dem neuen asiatischen Speiselokal mit angeschlossener Pension in Schwanitz wird eine Leiche aufgefunden - Mord oder Unfall? Die Tote war eine chinesische Diplomatin. Das ruft den chinesischen Sonderermittler Tian Sun (Lam Vissay) auf den Plan. Tierärztin Jule Christiansen checkt inkognito ein, um Pension und Restaurant genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Bei den Ermittlungen ist sie Hauke Jacobs vom Polizeirevier Schwanitz nützlich, geht dafür aber sehr hohe Risiken ein. Derweil kommt Haukes Kollegin Hannah Wagner glücklich aus dem Urlaub wieder - frisch verlobt mit Kevin Behmur (Michael Raphael Klein), den sie auch gleich mitbringt. Nicht zur Freude aller.

Grit Hartmann hegt ein gut gehütetes Geheimnis: Vor ihrer Zeit als Friseurin von Schwanitz war sie viele Jahre als Auftragskillerin für die Hamburger Unterwelt tätig. Irgendwann hatte sie genug von dem schmutzigen Geschäft und ist in Schwanitz untergetaucht. Nach zehn Jahren hat nun ihr alter Auftraggeber Tjark (Jörg Pose) Wind von ihrem Aufenthaltsort bekommen und will das Geld zurück, das Grit ihm schuldet, aber längst nicht mehr hat. Die Chance, sich freizukaufen, bekommt sie, als sie im Toupet eines in Schwanitz ermordeten ehemaligen Postbeamten eine wertvolle Briefmarke findet. Hinter der Marke sind allerdings auch noch andere Leute her, die über Leichen gehen. Die Schwanitzer Polizisten Hauke Jacobs (Hinnerk Schönemann) und Hannah Wagner (Jana Klinge) haben also alle Hände voll zu tun. Und zum Leidwesen von Tierärztin Jule (Marleen Lohse) kommen sich die beiden bei den Ermittlungen zu diesem Fall auch noch unverhofft näher.

Die Lübeckerin Lena Helbing bezieht ein leerstehendes Haus, das in Schwanitz als Spukhaus verschrien ist. Angeblich geht dort der Geist von Inge Nolden um, die vor vielen Jahren von ihrem Mann verlassen wurde und sich aus Kummer erhängt hat. Und siehe da: Schon am Morgen nach ihrer ersten Nacht wird Lena Helbing ebenso wie Inge Nolden erhängt auf dem Dachboden aufgefunden. Hauke, Hannah und Jule stehen vor einem Rätsel. Für Herrn Töteberg (Stephan A. Tölle), Frau Bleckmann (Regine Hentschel) und den Rest von Schwanitz ist hingegen spätestens nach einer spiritistischen Sitzung klar: Die alte Nolden ist zurück und holt sich bald den nächsten Schwanitzer. Doch die Sache ist komplizierter - und hat mit einem alten, unaufgeklärten Verbrechen zu tun.