九一八前夕中共特工宋烟桥被派往沈阳执行寻找颜红光和解救被捕的沈阳支部书记这两项秘密任务可没想到还未开始就遭遇了种种问题为了查明真相宋烟桥联手外围成员舒婕与死对头岸谷斗智斗勇九一八事变后宋烟桥在哈尔滨找到了颜红光但颜红光却死在了自己面前为了保护他 的朋友同志心爱的人以及伟大的祖国他决定联合各路爱国者成立一支风格迥异的抗日武装力量并屡建奇功但随着整个东北战态的恶化宋烟桥不得不再次面临生死抉择
Six months have passed since Dr Ogden moved to Buffalo and Det Murdoch is constantly a loggerheads with Dr Francis, her replacement While Insp Brackenreid thinks highly of Francis, who was recruited from Scotland Yard, Murdoch finds him stubborn and unimaginative He also seems to be in no rush to help Murdoch with his latest case where human body body parts were discovered on a riverbank encased in cement A homeless man living in the woods nearby is questioned and released and Murdoch corresponds with Dr Ogden who offers him valuable advice in her letters He also gets help from a retired detective, Malcolm Lamb Murdoch connects his current investigation a rape and murder that had occurred many years before