情非得已之生存之道

　　Sheila Hood is an ex-cop whose marriage is on the rocks. Rather than confronting her husband about an affair, she hides surveillance cameras in her home and watches his transgressions, becoming a voyeur of her own life. Her husband, Tom Kale, is an ornithologist who begins an affair with an ex-girlfriend, Merle James, whose beauty and fragility echoes that of the birds he studies. Ray Starling, the charismatic owner of a boutique hotel, is Merle’s lover, and has dealings with her father, Mr James, a powerful oil baron who operates in the shadows but whose influence touches the whole city. Merle’s younger sister, Hazel, is also drawn to Tom, but trapped in Starling’s web of power. Calvin is an cop whose loyalty to his ex partner, Hood, is tested when mounting evidence from her own surveillance tapes connects her and Tom to Starling’s murder, and perhaps even Merle’s mysterious death.

　　The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.

1995年，东北吉春市，两名戴着麻布头套的悍匪连杀数人劫走巨款，现场不留活口，手法毒辣到让全城胆寒。警察局长命令刑侦队长张震调查此案。早已隐退“江湖”多年的赵红兵因战友被杀，决定联合刑侦队长张震为牺牲的战友讨回这笔血债。

 故事发生在1977年2月8日，围绕一名44岁的前房地产开发商Tony Kiritsis展开。他用枪劫持了贷款公司总裁Richard O. Hall，并在其身上绑了一个“死亡开关”，以此胁迫这位总裁在几近零度的天气里当着警察和记者的面穿过市中心的街道。