Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler. But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security. And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.
本剧为2012无线节目巡礼剧集之一。 保护证人组督察许玮琛（黄宗泽 饰）奉命保护受袭的名人乔江河（蒋志光 饰），乔江河是“商场魔术手”乔江山（秦沛 饰）的胞弟。江河得罪了一名沈阳有势力人士熊飞，招致杀身之祸。警方建议江河接受保护证人组的保护，因此，玮琛认识了江河的侄女、江山的女儿乔子琳（钟嘉欣 饰）。子琳性格乖僻，对人冷漠，甚至有点不近人情。玮琛和队员与子琳接触初期，都认为子琳是被宠坏的富家千金，对周遭的人和事都不闻不问。在保护子琳的日子里，玮琛曾不顾危险，以身犯险救了子琳，子琳对玮琛暗生好感，更不理江山反对，主动展开追求！江山眼见女儿变得开朗主动，逐渐软化默许，但一个三十年前的故人黎树风（李国麟 饰）突然回来，掀引着各人的神经线，玮琛发现黎树风与乔氏兄弟之间有着不为人知的秘密，令玮琛陷于困局，挣扎于公义及爱情之间……
沈府嫡女沈江离（海陆 饰）至纯至善，成婚夜被设计与二少主陆景明（徐海乔 饰）有夫妻之实，还遭陷害禁足祠堂。分娩遇难被救后儿子焱焱却有顽疾，药只有陆家有，沈江离为救子重回陆府。她打脸刁难者，揭开当年被陷害的阴谋，也解开与陆景明的误会，焱焱则神助攻两人破镜重圆……
该剧讲述的是在民国时期，圣城大学校长离奇死亡，以暴力女陈曦，浪荡公子但推理能力满分的裴岩，市长的儿子英俊和八卦宫家传人宫紫组成的的侦探小组联合调查命案，随着调查的深入，神秘组织梅花Q渐渐浮出水面，还有许多看不见的敌人，一股暗流在圣城的水里不知不觉的漫延开来，事情似乎越来越超越他们的理解。他们面对重重疑案，齐心协力，誓将真相进行到底。
