该剧改编自休·豪伊所著同名畅销科幻系列小说,故事发生在一个反乌托邦未来,大约一万名人类在144层深的筒仓型地堡居住,他们被告知外面的世界因受到毒气感染而变得不适合人类居住,仅余的幸存者遂躲进地堡避难,并制订了规条来维持地堡中的新社会运作。
有95年歷史的奇乐百货公司面临同业竞争的威胁,正想竭力打出一条生路之际,老闆柴多泰突告病逝。因长子柴家齐﹝蔡枫华饰﹞在外国留学未返,遂由年青有为的留美学生段星寒﹝任达华饰﹞接手管理,将百货公司大事改革,强调「作风新、字号老」,并力邀蒋仰男出任掌管公司命脉的採购部主管。另一方面,售货员侯舒容获蒋仰男﹝欧阳佩珊饰﹞赏识,悉心栽培,大有成为蒋仰男将来接班人之势。在私人感情方面,蒋仰男及侯舒容﹝郑裕玲饰﹞同时爱上了段星寒,因此二人关系越趋恶劣,而段星寒则从中独享渔人之利。 原来段星寒背后有个不可告人的故事,接手百货公司亦是另有企图,当他财色兼收欲一走了事之际,身份被揭发,并牵涉入一宗谋杀案之中。究竟段星寒是甚么身份?他与蒋仰男及侯舒容之感情又如何了断呢?
In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady's body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry's didn't even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry's call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.