妻子的死让警探艾德里安（托尼·夏尔赫布 Tony Shalhoub 饰）的生活跌落到了谷底，不久之后，常常陷入悲痛之中的艾德里安患上了强迫症。强迫症令艾德里安在警局里无处容身，很快，他便丢掉了工作，成为了无业游民。
为了生存，艾德里安必须赚钱，就这样，一家私人侦探所成立了。艾德里安雇佣了护士莎罗纳（Bitty Schram 饰）为他打理日常生活，自己则靠着出色的逻辑推理能力和过目不忘的神奇本领解决了一件又一件离奇案件。之后，艾德里安结识了名为娜塔莉（特蕾勒·霍华德 Traylor Howard 饰）的单身母亲，两人之间十分投缘。随着时间的推移，丧妻之痛由浓转淡，但妻子被害一案的前因后果却依然深藏在迷雾之中，艾德里安能够依靠自己的力量破解此案揭开心结吗？
To the streets, “Raq” Thomas is cold, hard and fierce — a successful and deadly woman taking names in a man’s world. She is tough, resolute, ruthless, but Raq still is capable of love. Great love. The sole recipient of that affection is her son, Kanan; he is everything to her. As much as she cares for him, though, there are many instances where one wonders if she loves him for who he is or if she loves him merely as an extension of herself. The middle child of three, Raq also carries the heavy burden as the earner for her two brothers. She is the sun, and everyone else in her universe exists in her orbit.
