美瑞莉带着女儿来到新的小镇生活身为代理牧师的她来到这个陌生环境一切都需要慢慢适应 与此同时在学习如何成为牧师的过程中她却遇到了令人匪夷所思的事件诡异的命案莫名的死亡是狂热教徒的疯狂行径还是恶魔降临
Dr Brewster#39s suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy One possible suspect is Michael Steppings who threatened the Brewsters and their nurse after his daughter suffered severe sideeffects and is now in a vegetative state from a botched operation two years previously The forensics lab determines that one of Steppings#39s threatening letters was altered and Morse learns that Brewster may at one time been having an affair, so he must consider another possible motive for murder
