简介：　　二十一集电视系列剧《命案十三宗》取材于近几年发生的十三宗真实命案，经改编创作而成，主要情节与人物都是真实的。摄制组对这十三宗命案的凶犯做了三十多个小时的电视采访记录，并将这些采访作为一个部分放在剧中，与故事情节有机地结合成一个完整的影片。
　　他们都说肯定不想杀人，但又承认自己后来确实杀了人，那是怎样的过程？是什么因素造成了惨剧的发生呢？他们绝非成心作恶之人，使他们走到这一步的就是人类所共有的人性弱点，自私、嫉妒、无知、狭隘、愚昧……断送了他们原本平静幸福的生活。被他们杀害的人痛苦地死去了，他们还活着，却没有了快乐。
　　我们可能也曾面临过困境、也曾受到过伤害和由此产生的反抗，那种维护尊严的欲望和这些杀人者都是相同的，甚至更强烈。但有所不同的是，他们都采取了一种错误的方式。企图摆脱那种困境，却不料将自己置身于一个根本无法挽回的绝境，剥夺了给自己造成困境的人的生命，成了一名杀人犯。于是他们成了故事中的人。

简介：　　A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar, Harry Repp, who is about to be released from prison. Supt. Strange assigns the case to DS Lewis, who is chafing at the bit awaiting his promotion to Inspector. Morse has been ill and has only just returned to work. He steps on Lewis' toes by involving himself in the case, but as the body count rises, Morse finds himself in charge of investigating a woman who had many affairs with many different men. When he learns that the dead men were in possession of large amount of cash, he suspects they were blackmailing her murderer.