![]() ![]() Stifled by years of repressed emotion, Alice has as much verve and vigor as the grey meals she makes for her husband John's dinner. Used to getting exactly what she wants, she glides through the London high life, indulging in champagne, raucous nightclubs and meaningless affairs with her favourite pastime: younger men. Though Emily is a glamorous and staggeringly wealthy widow, she is bored. However, Janet’s carefully controlled universe is challenged with the arrival of Leonard Vole. Leonard is accused of a brutal murder, and only one person can save him from the noose…ĭevoted to the point of possessive, Emily French’s loyal housekeeper has an uncanny ability to pre-empt her mistress’s practical as well as emotional needs, suggesting a bond that surpasses a platonic master-servant relationship. A friendless innocent in a corrupt world, the odds stacked against him. Haunted by his time at the front, Leonard Vole has been spat out of the war restless, disillusioned and incapable of settling on a job. Romaine is destined to enter the limelight sooner or later… ![]() At heart a loner, this Austrian singer’s enigmatic allure commands attention wherever she roams. His personal connection to the young man fires Mayhew with an unexpected determination to fight for him - to stop at nothing to prove Leonard's innocence.Ī child of the First World War, Romaine Heilger emerges from the depths of the European bloodbath an ingenious survivor and afraid of nothing. Leonard’s case changes everything for this exhausted solicitor. But there is another, shadowy player in this vicious game, one who turns the entire case on its head and changes both his and Leonard's life forever.īurdened by poverty and guilt, John Mayhew lives a grey and passionless existence. His efforts stall, leaving Mayhew on the verge of defeat. Mayhew desperately tries to discredit Romaine and even to lay the blame on Emily's obsessive housekeeper Janet, whose word is the bulwark of evidence keeping Leonard behind bars. Nonetheless Mayhew's firm belief in Leonard's innocence spurs him on with a steely conviction. Romaine, whose testimony was the one hope to save Leonard from the gallows, has turned on him, leaving Mayhew's case hopeless and Leonard's fatal verdict imminent. Will she testify and save her husband, or will his infidelity make her vengeful? The entire case rests on her alibi, and Mayhew is reassured to learn that she witnessed Leonard return at 9.30, the time when he supposedly murdered Emily. Leonard is certain that his innocence can be proved by his wife, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine. Initially treating the suspect with indifference, Mayhew is gradually moved by the young man's case. Mayhew, a penniless solicitor, is put in charge of Leonard's case. At least, this is the story that Emily's distraught, devoted housekeeper Janet stands by in court. All evidence points to Leonard, a dashing young chancer who seduced the older woman into leaving him her vast fortune before ruthlessly taking her life. In 1920s London a murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome townhouse - the victim is the beautiful widow Emily French. Robert East as Justice Grenville Parris.Tasked with representing Leonard is his solicitor John Mayhew and King's Counsel, Sir Charles Carter KC. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine, can prove his innocence. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet McIntyre stands by in court. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. Set in 1920s London, a brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. ![]()
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