Ellen Carter's career is on the rocks. She hasn't written a worthy novel since her husband went missing and she was suspected by the police of

故事发生在十九世纪的伦敦，故事中所出现的人物均为著名作家狄更斯笔下的角色。亚瑟（约瑟夫·奎恩 Joseph Quinn）和艾米莉亚（塔彭丝·米德尔顿 Tuppence Middleton 饰）悲痛的埋葬了父亲的遗体，让亚瑟感到震惊的是，父亲竟然没有将一分一毫的遗产留给他，这让他在内心里偷偷买下了复仇