退役警探约翰·弗格森（詹姆斯·斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰）的同学加文·埃尔斯特（汤姆·赫尔莫 Tom Helmore 饰）是造船商。他请求约翰跟踪自己的妻子，并称妻子经常被鬼魂附身。随后，约翰按照加文的指示，在厄尼餐厅见到了一位美丽的女人（金姆·诺瓦克 Kim Novak 饰）。经过跟踪，约翰发现女人确有不同寻常的行为：开车出门，去花店买花，去墓园在卡洛塔·巴尔德斯的碑前驻足，去荣勋宫博物馆凝视卡洛塔画像，最后进入麦基屈克旅馆并出现在二楼的一扇窗前。约翰随即进入旅馆调查，发现女人登记名为卡洛塔·巴尔德斯，但其房中无人。卡洛塔·巴尔德斯究竟是何方神圣，鬼魂真的能附身活人吗？...
Detective Inspector Alex Ridley, who is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case....
Pierre Perdrix has been enjoying an enchanted though restless existence since the enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life. A stranger who landed in his family’s unique world like a meteorite, and who by her presence alone will force this tight-knit microcosm to redefine their boundaries and finally begin to fully live their lives...
