Sebastian Schlemmer

The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.

Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. As their immediate superior is a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.

Where is Amel? Where did she go? When did she leave and why? Coming back from a long journey, Thomas realizes that his girlfriend disappeared without any trace. No message was left and also her friends are clueless. On his search for answers, he meets a strange detective that points him in the right direction. Thomas has to complete a crazy run from Germany to Paris. A wild journey through his own emotions starts. Will he find Amel?

The story opens with Bica, a solvent abusing waif, trying in vain to evade the Romanian police with her infant brother in tow. Separated from her sibling she is taken to Germany, concealed in the trunk of a car. There she is trained as a thief, picking the pockets of strangers to fill those of her patron. One of her victims is the separated father of Milka, a brat with razor sharp tongue. From this unlikely start a friendship forms and Bica gets a glimpse into a world of material security, if not emotional closeness...