The "Institut Chudaczek" dominates the red district of Vienna. The "Mama Lisi", cunning and tough, pushes young girls into prostitution. Until her son, Robert, falls in love with one of them, the beautiful Julianne. The competition, in the form of the clant Armartis from Kosovo, does not remain inactive. When the first dead, covered with chrysanthemums, appear in Vienna, Inspector Hasselbacker will need to start the investigation. Only he has no knowledge of Vienna's red district...

An intelligent, multi-dimensional detective novel full of Viennese charm and at the same time a sensitive social study, as only Joesi Prokopetz can depict. It develops a story from Wolfgang Ambros's cult song, for which he wrote the lyrics, showing Vienna and the 1970s with a fresh perspective.