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
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
