尘封旧案 第二季

在现代风光下的爱丁堡讲述了Kate Atkinson的悬疑小说里的谜案和男主角Jackson Brodie的挣扎。 　　私家侦探Jackson Brodie(Jason Isaacs饰演)参过军也是前任警察，表面刚强但心思缜密。他年幼的时候失去了姐姐，而一直以来为他未曾停止追寻姐姐死去的真相；因此他总是很难拒绝一些失去亲人的人们的求助。他接手了三宗案件，而这些案件都颇有年月，他要走向真相，首先要在黑暗里游走，受害人家庭里暗藏多年的秘密，和一些不为人知的利害关系都要被他一一揭穿。After being duped into taking part in a kidnapping in Germany Jackson returns to Edinburgh feeling dejected,though he does acquire a dog. He is approached by Hope McMaster,an adoptee anxious to locate her birth mother, which leads Jackson to see retired cop Ray and his wife Maggie,who knew the adoptive parents. Soon afterwards an anonymous caller warns him not to investigate Carol Braithwaite,whom,Jackson learns was a prostitute killed in 1979. He visits the case officer,Tracy Waterhouse,now a security guard who has illegally taken in Courtney,the silent child of another prostitute,the latest victim of a serial killer. After corrupt ex-police chief Lomax threatens Jackson to back off, Tracy and her former colleague Barry explain that,after Carol's murder, Lomax appears to have spirited away her son,Michael,and Jackson meets another private eye,engaged by Michael to learn what happened. Barry tells Jackson exactly what happened when Carol was murdered,leading Jackson to work out who killed her. To assuage his guilt over the kidnapping he gives his fee to Tracy to start a new life with Courtney.