This series is set in Bad Tölz, Bavaria in Germany and is about Benno Berghammer (usually called as Bulle), a local criminalist, who solves with his partner Sabrina Lorenz various criminal cases (especially murders) in seemingly idyllic small town or surrounding places.

This series shows no violence when solving murder cases. The plot is very catching and realistic, but the huge popularity of the show is in underlying comedy that pervades each episode.