Pony am Stock

Overview

Riedl's service bicycle has been stolen. The son of stud farm owner Georg Dausinger is identified as the thief by Riedl's neighbor. While searching for the heavily intoxicated Jens Dausinger, Hubert and Girwidz discover the body of his father, Georg, in the hayloft of the stud farm. The murderer has impaled him against the wall with a pitchfork. Jens quickly falls under suspicion of murder. One possible motive appears to be his unconventional hobby, which his father strongly criticized—just like the rest of Jens's life. Together with the disabled Jasmin Forchhammer, Jens teaches children and young women hobby horse riding. The activity, known as "horsing" in Finland, allows children from low-income families to practice equestrian sport without owning a real horse. As the noose slowly tightens around Jens Dausinger, Dr. Fuchs discovers during the autopsy that the victim had sexual intercourse shortly before his death. Armed with saliva test kits, Hubert and Girwidz pursue the trail of what may be a crime of passion—and once again stumble upon Jens Dausinger's co-trainer in hobby horse riding, Jasmin Forchhammer…