斯卡佩塔从1990年代担任首席法医,到如今返回故乡重拾旧职并调查一起骇人听闻的谋杀案的历程。斯卡佩塔在追求正义的过程中,必须处理错综复杂的人际关系,包括与妹妹多萝西·法里内利之间的紧张关系,还要面对由来已久的职业和个人恩怨,以及那些可能摧毁她所有努力的秘密。
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.