该剧由著名笑匠史蒂夫·马丁和约翰·霍夫曼（《同妻俱乐部》） 联合创作，讲述三个对真实犯罪有着共同痴迷的陌生人突然发现自己被卷入其中的故事。
The plot revolves around Richard Bean (Kline), a Broadway star known for his egotism, who experiences a public breakdown and retreats to his hometown. After returning to the family-run theater where he first discovered his talent, he finds his father, the former artistic director, suffering from dementia. The theater, now reduced to a dinner theater serving murder mysteries, is run by his brother (Tenney) and sister-in-law, who is also the town’s mayor. Determined to restore the theater’s former glory, Richard plans to stage a great American classic, with himself as director and star, in an effort to save both the theater and the town.
The new season returns to Larvik on a seemingly idyllic summer evening at the Greenwood family. But the following morning, a hotel employee is found murdered, and a six-year-old British boy, Clifford Greenwood, has disappeared without a trace. The family receives a ransom demand and cryptic messages from the kidnapper, and when family secrets are revealed, Wisting suspects that...
该剧以1980年代的纽约为背景，讲述了一位父亲（本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰）绝望地寻找儿子的故事。他九岁的儿子在某天早晨去学校的途中失踪了。文森特是纽约著名的木偶艺人之一，还创作了广受欢迎的儿童电视节目《Good Day Sunshine》。他努力应对失去儿子埃德加的伤痛，变得越来越痛苦和反复无常。他对埃德加的失踪充满了自我厌恶和内疚，儿子画的蓝色怪物木偶埃里克成了他的精神寄托。他坚信如果能让埃里克出现在电视上，埃德加就会回家。文森特的破坏性行为使得他的家人、同事和试图帮助他的侦探逐渐疏远了他，而埃里克成为了他寻找儿子的征途中唯一的盟友。
Meera Syal饰演Sidhu夫人，一个来自伯克郡斯劳的餐饮承办人，有着非常活跃的想象力和她自己的印度阿姨品牌的破案，也就是爱管闲事。改编自BBC广播4台同名喜剧犯罪剧。
在第三季第19集出场的Trubel也将继续在第四季出现，出场时间会变多。
两个职业冰球运动员是球场上的死敌和互相欣赏的对手，但私底下相爱了，起初，他们想把这段让人困惑的复杂感情对全世界隐藏起来。
官方宣布第三季
ABC正式宣布续订《灵书妙探》第八季。
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