君顶会所开张当日，发生一起离奇的爆炸案件，警方与劫匪进行谈判，劫匪指明要求与江京市著名的美女心理师那兰（李沐宸饰）进行谈判，警方却发现那兰就在君顶会所中，成为了劫匪的人质之一。因为谈判过程中的一些意外，君顶会所两位合伙人之一戴向阳（武宾饰）在绑架案中不幸丧生，重案组组长巴渝生（吴文璟饰）带领众人对案件进行调查。在对幸存的受害者进行审讯的时候，发现了一系列的疑点，案发现场的神秘人、不按套路出牌的劫匪、线索人物的死亡，隐藏在案件背后的真相又是什么......
The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provide a new puzzle for Morse to solve. Assisted by DS Lewis, Morse interviews everyone at Hanbury House and it is in the course of searching the grounds that he finds Sir Julius' body, appropriately enough, in the family mausoleum. The pathologist notes that he was the victim of a frenzied attack but the lack of blood at scene leaves the police to conclude that he murdered elsewhere. Sir Julius was a candidate to become the Master of an Oxford college and was known to have a have had a bitter rivalry with another candidate for the position. When Roger Meadows, a friend of the Hanbury's au pair, is killed in a car accident, Morse concludes that that he too was murdered. Jealousy, revenge and greed all play part in the deaths.
