The second-last woman in England

1953: Mrs Harriet Wallis is convicted of the murder of her husband, Cecil, and is sentenced to death by hanging. 1952: The Wallises appear to be a conventional household. When the police turn up at the front door, on the day a new nanny arrives, a chain of events is set in motion that will culminate in Cecil's murder. An employee at Cecil's firm has embezzled money and Cecil is implicated. Meanwhile, his wife Harriet is dismayed by the reappearance of a man she did not expect to see again ...