as an ambulance driver for one of the two large ambulance-services in Vienna. The job comes with a subsidized apartment on the premises, which is a nice perk, but, of course, Brenner soon finds out that this small society with its own rules and peculiarities isn't necessarily an ideal work- or living place. And his detective-background comes up, of course, and he has to try his hand at investigating once again. As usual, Haas begins with the promise of worse to come: the second sentence of the book is: "Aber ein Tag, der so anfängt, kann ja nur noch schlechter werden" ('But a day that begins like that can only get worse'). The promise is kept. The ambulance service has a problem: their stiffest competition is beating them to the pick-up points -- lost business that threatens their very business. Someone from the other side is obviously listening in on their radio-calls, and they want Brenner to look into it. Needless to say, soon enough there is also a murder victim -- from their own ranks -- and given the unusual circumstances, Brenner has to look into that as well.

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