The series is a spin-off from the popular Austrian television drama Inspector Rex, and focuses on Ernst Stockinger, one of the original members of the homicide division or Mordkommission in German.
Stockinger is portrayed as a clumsy, almost Inspector Clouseau-like character, driving a clapped-out 1973 VW Variant, but single-minded when following up clues.
SBS was responsible for the English subtitles therefore bringing the series to a wider audience than simply those with a knowledge of the German language.
'Stocki' arrives at the height of the Salzburg Festival, receiving free tickets to the annual performance of Jedermann (which he misses).
Coincidentally, this event will set the scene for his first case which involves the murder of one of the city's chocolatiers, Herr Fehling.