故事情節設定在上世紀60年代的紐約，建築師華特娶了漂亮的克萊兒為妻，兩人過著看似完美的生活。但事實是，華特試圖離開妻子克萊兒，為他們的婚姻劃下句點，但在克萊兒遭遇離奇謀殺後，這樁懸案使得華特陷入麻煩之中，不僅被殺手追殺、被偵探懷疑，更陷進與另一名美麗女性伊莉的曖昧中。

In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.