20世纪30年代末抗日战争全面爆发日本帝国主义的铁蹄踏遍大江南北连紧临大海的小城市沽宁城也未能免予战火的侵扰在着纷纷乱世日寇军阀豪商黑帮共同瓜分着沽宁的财富人民的生活宛若人间地狱任职于当地女中的国文教师欧阳山川廖凡 饰其真实身份是一名中共地下党员对这乱世和革命失去信心的他一心想要离开这个伤心所在与此同时日军秘密潜入沽宁并随后展开大屠杀此时的欧阳心中怒火中烧对革命的激情也重新点燃他遇到了无产者四道风杨烁 饰阴差阳错与他结成了一个秘密的抗日组织 在此之后他们偷袭日本人保护重要的知识分子用生命谱写着革命大潮下小人物的赞歌……
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