《骇人命案事件簿》是英国独立电视台制作的一部长青推理电影集,取材于英国当代推理小说家Caroline Graham的作品,截至2010年为止共拍摄十三季81集。该剧以总督察Tom Barnaby以及他的年轻拍档Troy为主干,讲述二人凭借机智抽丝剥茧,悉破复杂凶案的故事 ,此外这两个人在查案过程中所不时表现出的幽默机智、亦庄亦谐也是此片受欢迎的原因之一。全剧在英国南部白金汉郡取景拍摄,漂亮的小村庄充满了浓浓的英伦风味,与命案本身的骇人听闻形成强烈反衬,为英式推理迷以及克里斯蒂小说爱好者们的必看之作。
Barnaby and DS Ben Jones investigate the death of Simon Bright who is found dead inside an old World War II vintage Humber parked at an abandoned airfield. From all appearances, the death appears to be a suicide, but the pathologist determines that the man suffered a severe blow to the dead and may in fact have been unconscious when he died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Simon Bright's girlfriend, Laura Sharp, is nowhere to be found, but the death of the aging village Lothario and the attempted murder of another of her friends narrows the list of possible murderers somewhat. Barnaby is convinced that one of Laura's ex-lovers is responsible but given her rather active life, the question becomes which one?