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
故事以现代东京为背景在也门担任无国界外科医生目前归国的Wato Tachibana贯地谷诗穗梨与任职警队的调查顾问Sara Shelly Futaba竹内结子组成搭档以过人的推理技巧破解一件又一件的悬案
