Testimony of the hanged man

When Scotland Yard Inspector Benjamin Ross is summoned to Newgate Prison by a man sentenced to death, he doesn't expect to believe his testimony. But the story of the murder this man witnessed more than seventeen years ago is so credible that Inspector Ross can't help but wonder if there isn't a grain of truth in what the condemned man is saying. It is too late to save the convict's life, but it is not too late to investigate a murder that has remained unsolved for all these years, although convincing his superiors to let Ross take on a “cold case” proves extremely difficult. Ben's wife Lizzie persuades Benjamin not to give up, even though she knows that by doing so they are both entering dangerous territory…