本剧为晨间剧第113作,以松江没落士族之女小泉节子与其欧洲人丈夫小泉八云为原型,讲述了主人公松野时与丈夫两人都热爱“怪谈”,因此以夫妇两人的名义讲述和编写,为在明治时代急速西化的日本中被埋葬的无名之辈的心灵故事注入了光芒。
In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady's body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry's didn't even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry's call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.