根據(jù)大仲馬的名小說(shuō)《基督伯爵》（The Count of Monte Cristo）改編，故事發(fā)生在凰鳥(niǎo)代，人公也由男性為女性。該劇述一個(gè)名叫Emily Thorne（Emily VanCamp扮演）的神秘狌狌人來(lái)到人云集的漢普，租下一棟靠的房子，對(duì)外稱自己是來(lái)度的。她很快贏了鄰居的信任但他們都不知，這個(gè)女人所的每一件事都目的——她要多年前使其家人亡的Grayson家族血債血償?
Peter Boyd探長(zhǎng)指揮著一支經(jīng)過(guò)種訓(xùn)練的警探和科學(xué)的警察隊(duì)伍-懸案小組，使用現(xiàn)代的方法和來(lái)調(diào)查時(shí)還沒(méi)有的新技來(lái)專門(mén)調(diào)查的未破的老謀殺案。Det. Supt. Peter Boyd (played by Trevor Eve) is the leader of a multi-discipline police team of detectives and scientists, the Cold Case Squad, which investigates old, unsolved murder cases using modern methods and new technology that may not have been available during the original investigation.Led by Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd ( Trevor Eve ) the Cold Case Squad investigates serious crimes which have gone unsolved. Armed with the latest technological advances and old fashioned hard work, Psychological Profiler Grace Foley ( Sue Johnston ), Forensic Pathologist Frankie Wharton ( Holly Aird ), Detective Constable Mel Silver ( Claire Goose ) and Detective Sergeant Spencer Jordan ( Wil Johnson ) wake the dead for clues and answers.
