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　　When two bodies are discovered by the side of a fishing stream, Barnaby and Troy have yet more murders to solve Isobel Hewitt had a zest for life that some can only hope for She loves to drive her red Jaguar at top speed and generally enjoyed the finer things in life Although loved by many, there were those who weren#39t quite so charmed by her Margaret Seagrove was convinced that she was the member of the local fishing club using weighted lures in the local stream Her nephew and his wife, with whom she resided, saw her as a burden now that she had spent most of her accumulated capital The second victim is the local doctor, Duncan Goff, a wellknown philanderer who had affairs with many of the local ladies The police must first determine if both were intended victims or if one was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time

　　新郎亨利克里斯托弗•高哈姆 Christopher Gorham 饰和新娘翠西凯蒂•卡西迪 Katie Cassidy 饰准备在哈珀岛上举办婚礼亨利的好友艾比伊莲•卡西迪 Elaine Cassidy 饰应邀前往但是启程时船底却有人被绞死大家均不知情这为旅程蒙上了阴影7年前岛上曾发生过连环杀人案艾比之母遇害后来凶手被艾比之父查理击毙但艾比心有余悸回到岛上艾比见到了昔日恋人吉米和查理冰释前嫌新娘翠西一直被前男友骚扰后者还跟其父暗中勾结这个秘密被亨利的叔叔马迪意外发现了然而他却因此丧命从此岛上再不平静亲友一个个惨遭毒手婚礼竟然演变成了杀人游戏……
　　本片宣传语为13个星期25个嫌疑人1个凶手于2009年4月9日2009年7月12日在CBS电视台播出

　　神探可伦坡Columbo是一个有名的经典美国电视电影由彼得·福克Peter Falk主演自1968年2003年期间共6本片叙述一名总是穿着一件皱巴巴的棕色风衣顶着一头乱发嘴里叼雪茄开着一辆老爷车的洛杉矶重案组的刑警主角法兰克·可伦坡Frank Columbo看似不修边幅的他总是以敏锐的推理能力侦破各种案件并让犯人无从抵赖
　　本片每集独立成篇一大特点是每集中客串演出犯人角色的全为名演员与名人另一特点是剧情采用固定的倒叙推理形式;先描述犯人作案的情形而后描写可伦坡从与嫌疑犯的交谈及证据中确定其嫌疑逼得犯人不得不自白犯人原以为天衣无缝的杀人计划都逃不过他的锐眼他的一句名言是‘世上没有完美犯罪’
　　倒叙推理着重如howcatchem如何抓住犯人而不是常见的whodunit谁是凶手howdunit手法或whydunit动机因此在日本若出现倒叙推理的作品往往会被叫成‘神探可伦坡或古畑任三郎风格’日本著名编剧 三谷幸喜 从小就可伦坡迷长大后更是创作了’日版神探可伦坡’－古畑任三郎