在最困難的時候,你能不能把自己放下,相信希望? 故事從一個問題開始:「你願意為我撰寫祭文嗎?」問這問題的人,是米奇小時候參加的猶太教會裡的牧師,而這時老牧師已經八十二歲。與此同時,他在目前居住的城市結識了另一位叫做亨利的基督教牧師。亨利牧師特別關注窮人和遊民,但他曾經由於販毒入罪坐牢。這兩位牧師,一白一黑;一個六十年如一日,而今垂垂老矣,一個曾誤入歧途、歷經滄桑但現在虔誠又熱心,而在這一切的不同之中,他們卻都有著許多相似動人的溫暖故事…。梅丽莎是一个神经质的胖黑人女人,从未谈过恋爱,但在与死亡擦肩而过后,她拒绝满足于任何低于她想要的生活,导致她无论如何都成为“那个婊子”。。Deputy Assistant Commissioner Charlie Hillian is killed on the night of his retirement party. Hillian was at one time a senior officer in Oxford and was in fact Morse's boss. He was also writing a book about his most memorable cases, including one about the unsolved death of an 8-year-old girl some 18 years ago. The suspect in that case, Frederick Redpath, was at Hillian's hous...。