Why must the festive dinner in the Hirschen Inn be interrupted? A murder puts an end to the preparations for the wedding of Studer's daughter. A man is found with a sharpened bicycle spoke embedded in his back and a suspect is quickly arrested. Property speculation, usury and betrayed love find their way into this tightly written novel, the last outing for Bernese investigator Sergeant Studer. The fifth in the much-acclaimed series that calls on Studer's intuitive, often absurd yet efficient police methods.