Set in picturesque Bath, the series pairs feisty DCI McDonald, who has recently transferred from London’s Met Police, with the unassuming DS Dodds, who has been happily in the background for most of his working life. To McDonald’s surprise they form an unexpectedly effective crime solving partnership.

　　纽约长岛小镇绍索德 (Southold) 夜出异象，一架小型飞机坠毁于佩康尼克湾 (Peconic Bay)。警长乔·埃文斯 (Jo Evans) 在事故现场发现一名神秘小女孩，她好心收留并为其取名派珀 (Piper)，殊不知自己已被卷入一场超乎想象的阴谋。