A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar, Harry Repp, who is about to be released from prison. Supt. Strange assigns the case to DS Lewis, who is chafing at the bit awaiting his promotion to Inspector. Morse has been ill and has only just returned to work. He steps on Lewis' toes by involving himself in the case, but as the body count rises, Morse finds himself in charge of investigating a woman who had many affairs with many different men. When he learns that the dead men were in possession of large amount of cash, he suspects they were blackmailing her murderer.“真是不得了，一次灵异袭击就能分析出这么多东西，总部的那些后生死在你的手中真是一点也不冤枉，不过你也就到此为止了，虽然我和你的父亲有点交情，但是这点交情还不足以让你活下来，你太危险了，需要处理掉。”