An employee at a Red Light District peepshow is found dead. De Cock and his team discover that the woman's death was beneficial for a lot of her co-workers.

Acting on a hunch, De Cock decides to re-investigate the death of a young man after several mysterious occurrences at his funeral.

De Cock and his team investigate the death of a market inspector and discover that the man was corrupted and not very popular amongst the traders.

De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a man who was trying to get his daughter out of a cult. The man's wife accuses the cult leader, and De Cock soon finds out why.

Just after his prison-release, Amsterdam pimp Regilio Graanoogst is murdered. Shortly after, his popular jailer Nico van der Kolk suffers a similar fate.

Actress Heleen Sterneberg pretends to be shot every night. When she is shot for real, De Cock and his team investigate.

At Christmastide, Amsterdam shelter junior salvo Betty de Wijn is murdered. Obvious first suspect is regular homeless junkie Ferdy van Nieuwkerk, who found her with major Dreef.

Amsterdam Zoo Artis animal handlers supervisor Willem Kraan is found locked in the lion cage and practically devoured. His wife Marjan accuses his ex and alleged lover Ina de Vrede, with whom she had a crazy feud.

A successful businessman is found murdered aboard a replica of a Dutch East India Company vessel.

De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a fashion designer who was stabbed in the back with a pair of scissors, and discover a world of gossip and design theft.

Leading Amsterdam restaurant critic Johannes de Boer is found in a street dumpster, poisoned in a triple mustard sauce dinner.