本剧改编自蕾妮·奈特的同名小说。

　　著名记者Catherine Ravenscroft（凯特·布兰切特 Cate Blanchett 饰）因揭露他人的不端行为而声名鹊起。在收到一位不知名作者的小说后，她惊恐地发现自己就是书中的主角，而这个故事揭露了自己最黑暗的秘密。

　　在Catherine争分夺秒揭开作者真实身份的过程中，她不得不直面过去，以免它毁掉自己的生活，毁掉自己与丈夫Robert（萨莎·拜伦·科恩 Sacha Baron Cohen 饰）、儿子Nicholas（柯蒂·斯密特-麦菲 Kodi Smit-McPhee 饰）的关系。

Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story reimagines the period immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the phenomenon that is Guinness.

Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide in a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before.

罹患癌症、正逐渐康复的女孩艾薇（贝拉·拉姆齐 Bella Ramsey 饰），她被父母强行送到专为青少年癌症患者开办的“儿童自由营”，希望她可以在这里交到朋友、获得积极的力量面对人生。