A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.
The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.
Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protege professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.
