Based on the internationally acclaimed Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom, the four-part drama is set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. The series will follow the story of Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots. Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell, the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Despite Shardlake’s unwavering loyalty to Cromwell and the Crown, his position in society is unfavored due to his appearance, as a person living with scoliosis during the Tudor period, suffering the indignity of being abused as a “crookback” wherever he turns. As he investigates the murder of one of Cromwell’s commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea, he is accompanied by Jack Barak, a cocky and good-looking character who may be Cromwell’s spy.
从小和奶奶一块长大、乐观自信的林佑开，在26岁获得锁王争霸大赛的冠军，登顶成为新一代锁王，但就在颁奖现场，他的女友埃拉带着警察出现在现场，指证阿开正是自家保险柜失窃案的嫌疑人。埃拉是著名安保集团龙氏锁业的老板龙啸坤的小女儿，事发当晚，龙家只有埃拉和阿开，而龙家监控摄像头拍下了阿开开锁的全过程，而只有阿开知道，这本是他和女友一次打赌，赌他是否能在30分钟内把埃拉家的锁全部打开。阿开怀疑自己陷入一场阴谋中。埃拉却认为阿开接近自己另有所图。最令人惊奇的是，龙啸坤却向警方宣布他的保险箱其实空无一物，他并没有丢失任何东西，而他的大女婿却刚刚雇人从他的保险箱里拿到了价值千万的财物。
潘大为（范明 饰）的妻子杨冰去世多年，这么多年里，潘大为一直辛苦的抚养着两人的女儿潘朵拉（颜丹晨 饰）。某日，杨冰的孪生妹妹杨清（张大静 饰）从国外归来，原来，杨清才是潘朵拉的亲生母亲，只是当年，她选择了生下这个孩子并且将她遗弃了，是潘大为和姐姐收留了这个婴儿，并且以他们的孩子的名义养大。 杨清此次归来，是想要重拾自己和潘朵拉之间的母女情分，可潘大为不同意杨清将这个残忍的事实告诉这个可怜的女孩，无奈之中，杨清只得以二姨的身份留在了潘朵拉的身边，随着时间的推移，杨清和潘朵拉之间产生了深厚的亲情。可是，纸是包不住火的，终于有一天，潘朵拉得知了杨清身份的真相。
