After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

One day, taxi driver Koji Usami is tasked with driving 85-year-old Sumire Takano from Shibamata, Tokyo to a senior care facility in Hayama, Kanagawa. Sumire asks Koji to make some detours. Gradually opening up to her, Sumire begins to tell the story of her grand past...

2004年的一天，致力于成为推理小说作家的英都大学学生有栖川有栖（窪田正孝 饰）在教室内奋笔疾书，这时专事犯罪心理学研究的副教授火村英生（斋藤工 饰）走到他的跟前，饶有兴致的阅读了有栖川的作品。对于一直致力于追求完美犯罪，甚至在梦中都会将自己化身为凶手的火村英生来说，有栖川的作品让他得到了鲜有的喜悦。他对小说的评价，也让有栖川得到了前所未有的动力。数日后，有栖川去同学家拜访，其中有两个人姗姗来迟，据说遇到了什么意外。火村英生随后出现，道出了其中的隐秘……
本片根据有栖川有栖的推理系列“作家爱丽丝系列”改编。