性感尤物，外号"金丝雀"的纽约交际花玛格丽特o欧黛儿，以美艳动人的脸蛋和曼妙趣迷人的歌喉，倾倒众生，成为城中最耀眼的明星，俨然是这个虚幻的、物欲横流的艳俗时代的代表人物。就在她人生炙手可热的巅峰时刻，一天深夜，被人勒死在自家公寓，香消玉殒。罪犯杀人手法残忍，手段高超，屋内被洗劫一空。案件中充满许多矛盾的、令人困惑的疑点，有着丰富办案经验的检察官和刑警们也感到束手无策。幸运的是，桌子上和衣橱内留下了嫌犯的指纹。警方对欧黛儿身边的男士展开逐一调查，原以为案情就此走向明朗，谁料由此牵扯出的欧黛儿复杂的感情纠葛令案件愈加扑朔迷离。侦探万斯无意中发现一张唱片，打开一听，里面传出令人毛骨悚然的尖叫声和求救声。(Sexy stunner, Margaret Odele, the social butterfly (whose nickname is "canary") in New York, fascinates everyone with her pretty and fetching cheeks and dulcet and charming singing voice and becomes the most dazzling star in the city, just like the representative person in this visional and materialistic society. On the peak moment when her life is in hot, one late night, she was strangled by someone in her own apartment and died. Method of the criminal killing the man is cruel with sophisticated means and the house is ransacked. As the case is full of many contradictory and confusing doubtful points, the procurators and criminal polices with abundant case-handling experience also feel helpless. Fortunately, the fingerprint of suspect is left on the table and wardrobe. The police surveyed the men around Odele one by one. As it is thought that the case will be made clear, it is unpredictable that the complex emotional entanglement of Odele involved in the case makes the case more complicated and confusing. Detective Vance finds a piece of disc by accident. He opens it for listening and the horrific squeal and cry for help come out from it.)