 Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the criminals of Berlin s underground. His new assistant, Shirly Mai, is an attractive and conscientious woman who embodies a quality of virtue that her boss gave up a long time ago. They have both been assigned to solve a series of gruesome murders that have been taking place in Berlin s drug and prostitution ganglands. The prime suspect is George Miskowski, a pusher who supplies Berlin s brothels and hookers with cocaine and heroin.