After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen has been promoted to Detective Inspector and seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for. Just as she’s getting into the swing of her powerful new role, she is assigned an infamous unsolved case that will put her under intense scrutiny; from her boss, from the media, and ultimately, from sinister forces that would rather the past stayed in the past.
　　The 1984 case of Catriona and Adam Grant has confounded investigators and intrigued the public like no other. Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife. The ransom notes that followed stirred up an uncontrollable press storm, but when the culprits fell silent, the police faltered, and Catriona and Adam were never seen again.
　　Now, a man’s body has been discovered, with indisputable links to the original kidnap. With the first piece of evidence in decades, Karen must assemble an unbeatable team alongside her sincere and lovable sidekick DC Jason ‘Mint’ and the brilliant – but romantically complicated – DS Phil Parhatka. With the international renown of the kidnap and the constant pressure from Catriona’s father, Sir Broderick Grant, the team take on the biggest challenge of their careers to date. As Karen delves deeper into what happened in the autumn of 1984, political grudges and painful secrets reveal themselves, and it soon becomes clear… the past is far from dead.

該劇改編自R·L·斯坦的同名小說。五個高中生揭開小鎮(zhèn)的黑暗一面。種種古怪的事情原來有所關(guān)聯(lián)，而上一輩的恩怨竟然牽連后代。

約翰必須在火車站臺上做出選擇——讓阿加特拿走錢財(cái)，從而擺脫自己的義務(wù)和對手；或者冒著極大風(fēng)險(xiǎn)去追求她，以保護(hù)他的兄弟、父親和國家。與此同時(shí)，他的父親提出了一個危險(xiǎn)的出路：在巴黎找到并暗殺坎塔爾·沃利。

　　民國初年的某一天，一群匪徒?jīng)_進(jìn)江南烏澤小鎮(zhèn)的林家，以平判亂黨之名進(jìn)行滿門抄斬，睡夢中的林家小少爺林文宣被—個大他十歲的童養(yǎng)媳秀秀冒死救出火海，并親眼目睹了父母被殺之場面......
　　在之后的流浪與乞討的生活中，五歲的林文宣又與秀秀失散，不得已被賣進(jìn)戲班學(xué)藝，苦不堪言。
　　多戕的命運(yùn)并不因他的苦難而停止。輾轉(zhuǎn)在餛飩店學(xué)徒的林文宣又被鄰家的旗袍店所吸引，之后遇上旗袍大師葉順天，天生聰慧的文宣對旗袍情有獨(dú)衷，終于大師收他為徒。在天份與勤奮中，林文宣成為了當(dāng)年上海灘紅極一時(shí)的旗袍大師，也因此與秀秀相逢并得到過宋美齡親書牌匾獎勵......
　　至此，生意興隆的春水坊旗袍店，招徠同行的嫉妒，一封匿名信又將他推入生命的再次波折，逃回鄉(xiāng)下的文宣忍受著失去少年戲班之兩小無猜，而后在上海相遇相愛的小雪（秋海棠），忍受著已是姐姐的秀秀的再次失散，娶了葉師父之女，那個一直深愛他卻得不到父親支持的葉雨稠為妻......
　　在一場牢獄劫難之后，他攜妻回到鄉(xiāng)下，痛苦于失去親友的文宣不再做旗袍而是開了家餛飩店?？谷諔?zhàn)爭爆發(fā)，日本的鐵蹄踏進(jìn)了烏澤，為了拒絕為日軍隊(duì)長小野之妻定做旗袍，文宣當(dāng)夜砍斷手指明志。聞訊而來的小野急將他送醫(yī)院救治，但為時(shí)已晚，小野對此很懊悔。憑借小野對文宣的愧疚和好感，文宣為已是游擊隊(duì)長的秋海棠提供日軍情報(bào)......終于在一次拔據(jù)點(diǎn)戰(zhàn)斗中，小野和其妻被秋海棠部所殲，小野夫婦臨死將其子托付文宣，在沒有選擇的前提下，他收養(yǎng)了日軍孤兒......
　　抗美援朝時(shí)，文宣領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的被服廠為前線立下大功......
　　文革中，遺孤因揭發(fā)家藏四舊“旗袍”而使文宣失去了深愛他的妻子雨稠，精神崩潰的雨稠裹著紅布以為旗袍而投河自盡......
　　深愛文宣，又做過歌女的抗日英雄秋海棠在文革中因歷史原因而遭迫害，最終身著珍藏的文宣當(dāng)年親手做的白旗袍跳樓身亡......
　　文宣再次被勞改......
　　解放前與阿多陰差陽錯前往美國的秀秀已嫁大衛(wèi)、瓊斯。因其中國情結(jié)，女兒在改革開放時(shí)，專來大陸尋親林文宣，終于在新疆某農(nóng)場，已是暮年靄靄的文宣依然用當(dāng)?shù)匾环N韌草編衣，被艾麗婭發(fā)現(xiàn)，此時(shí)，當(dāng)日本遺孤得知自己身世時(shí)痛悔不已，雙膝跪地，深深懺悔......
　　往事如煙，一個動蕩不安的時(shí)代已被歲月送走......
　　上海隆重舉行時(shí)裝發(fā)布會，身著各色旗袍的模特們向人們展示著中國旗袍的高貴、內(nèi)斂、挺拔而又含蓄的東方之美。
　　而一代大師林文宣在演繹旗袍之中，付出了自己對美的向往與體現(xiàn)，對愛的詮釋與執(zhí)著，對情的深沉與奉獻(xiàn)，對義的秉承與堅(jiān)持的中華男子之美......

一九三七年十二月二十七日，中共山東省委在篦子店召開緊急會議，會議根據(jù)急劇變化的形勢，決定在泰城被日寇攻占前正式舉行起義。日軍中佐濱野高廣作為日軍先頭部隊(duì)進(jìn)入泰城境內(nèi)。徂徠山崖頭莊，正值村長楊守南次子楊東良大婚。在迎娶新娘胡臘梅的路上，楊東良等人遭遇了土匪頭目鞠振山搶親，年輕氣盛的楊東良帶人剿匪，卻誤打誤撞殺死了兩個日本偵察兵。楊守南大兒子楊東善帶著省委的馮超等同志回崖頭莊準(zhǔn)備起義，被漢奸呂茂恒出賣，導(dǎo)致崖頭莊被濱野高廣帶領(lǐng)的日軍中隊(duì)血洗。一九三八年一月一日，馮超、楊東善等人在徂徠山大寺召集各界愛國人士一百六十余人宣誓起義，成立“八路軍魯中抗日游擊隊(duì)第四支隊(duì)”。楊東良和新婚妻子胡臘梅在馮超等人帶領(lǐng)下，成功潛伏進(jìn)泰城，破壞了日軍的一系列戰(zhàn)略計(jì)劃，一舉殲滅了濱野高廣帶領(lǐng)的日軍部隊(duì)。

　　The series follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger, and astounding secrets in an unforgettable odyssey that evokes the power of camaraderie between the fearless young heroes.