A man is brutally murdered by an unseen assailant. We glimpse the murder weapon: A steel spearhead with a scythe-like hook on the side, mounted on a shaft. Some days later and Jack Taylor is returning to his beloved Galway after having been away for a year. Jack is clean and sober. Now he's back, off the booze and determined to stay away from trouble| determined not to get suck...。1927年,我地下党员钱壮飞化装成医生,离开北平,转移到上海。
钱壮飞一家到了上海以后,他本人与党失去了联系。此时,他却获得了同乡、国民党中央秘书科陈立夫的表弟徐恩曾的赏识。徐邀请钱壮飞加入中央党务调查科。不久,钱壮飞与组织取得了联系。中央批准了钱壮飞要求打入敌人内部长期潜伏的计划。
在国民党的秘密机构,钱壮飞逐步取得了徐恩曾的信任,破译了重要的密报,成功地瓦解了由于顾顺章叛变导致的国民党队上海地下组织的突袭,自己也安全的撤离了上海,前往中央苏区参加红军。。