'Each year I keep three anniversaries: the date of the murder, the date of the hanging and Sandy's birthday . . .'

Anna's mother was Rita Morden, one of the most notorious murder victims of the 1950s. Rita's lover died on the gallows. The death and the trial scarred Anna's life.

But was he guilty Lawyer Gillian Spry, who is dedicated to investigating miscarriages of justice, has doubts. More than forty years later, she seeks out the two little girls who might have witnessed the killing - Anna and her friend Sandy. Reopening old wounds that Anna had thought hidden forever . . .