Mark Smith, a young black man is hanged in July 1961 for the murder of his white fiancee. The real killer escapes and follows a successful political and criminal career shadowed by his great rival, Marcus Greenway. Fifty years later, Marcus is Prime Minister and Jonathan Greenway, his grandson begins to investigate the 1961 trial. Jonathan and his fiancee, Belinda, team up with the barrister who defended Mark in 1961 and discover a trail of corruption, crime and blood running from the 1961 murder to their own times. Their discoveries open up the case but also put themselves in real danger and raise unexpected questions and pose unwanted dilemmas. Are they prepared to risk their lives and the future of their family in order to right a fifty years wrong?