故事背景设定在至高共和国时代末期，一个充满“阴暗秘密与新兴黑暗势力”的世界。受人尊敬的绝地大师Sol（李政宰 饰）同昔日前绝地徒弟Mae（阿曼德拉·斯坦伯格 饰）深入调查绝地武士接连被杀害的真相，他们要面对的势力比预想中更加险恶，更不知不觉间走入黑暗漩涡之中……

一名私家侦探被迫与一名杀手结成危险的同盟。他们将试图揭露一个安静小镇的可怕犯罪内幕，并洗清她的导师的罪名，因为他涉嫌犯罪。

三名侦探追踪一名模仿连环杀手的踪迹，来到一所废弃的精神病院，却发现他们被某种更加邪恶的东西引诱到那里。

　　Based on the Edgar Award-winning, nine-book “Karl Alberg” series by the late Canadian author L.R. Wright, Murder in a Small Town follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work. But this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets, and Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore. Kreuk stars as Cassandra, a local librarian who becomes Alberg’s muse, foil and romantic interest.