安托万·维尔拉克，在普罗旺斯艾克斯的调查法官和他的浪漫伴侣Marine Bonnet调查了他们在法国南部田园诗般的家的谋杀、谜团和黑暗的下层。

Hetty is shocked at the brisk way in which baby Hazel Didcott is received from her mother for reception at the orphanage, the more so when she learns Hazel's name will be changed - although she is told why it is necessary. She plans to send Hazel to Peg and Jem, who know more about her birth mother and when bad boys Vince and Judd are caught stealing to trade for a football she...

故事发生于英国的剑桥和爱尔兰最北的小郡多内加尔。 　　一位英语系学生Ophelia，爱上了自己已婚的讲师Michael，当他们的婚外情经历令人震惊与悲伤的死亡后，Ophelia发现自己陷入了癫狂，她已无法再相信自己的头脑。