When John Haddrell dies of a heart attack at the wheel of his car the woman at his side is not his wife Margaret, but his co-worker and lover, Julia. Recovering from the injuries she sustained in the ensuring crash, Julia is visited by Margaret, who apparently knows nothing of the affair. However, events soon take a sinister turn when Margaret begins to encroach on Julia’s life, engineering Julia’s dismissal of her home help, Gary, and her estrangement from her councellor, Anne. Left alone in the house together, Julia and Margaret are locked in deadly combat….

Dead Guilty is an intriguing and powerful revenge thriller.