WaPo Berlin

Are there any alternatives to today's busy life in the big cities? And if there is, just how do they look? Katja, her husband Lars and her best girlfriend Conny have taken the plunge and fulfilled her dream with an alternative housing project on the banks of the River Spree. They rent and sell cargo bikes and run a yoga studio and a café. But, as time goes by, their ostensibly harmonious coexistence has begun to reveal a few cracks. To make matters worse, there is the constant aggravation with Alexander Probst, the architect, who has staked claims on the land they occupy and continuously files complaints. One morning, a roommate is found dead in a rowing boat. The WaPo investigates, while Paula experiences a very surprising deployment…