Death of an Actress

October 1947. A luxury liner steams over the equator off the coast of West Africa and a beautiful actress disappears from her cabin. 

Suspicion falls on a dashing deck steward with a reputation for entering the cabins of female passengers. When the liner docks at Southampton, the steward is questioned by police. Protesting his innocence, he makes an astonishing admission that shocks everyone, and is charged with murder. His trial at the historic Great Hall in Winchester draws the world's media. He is found guilty and sentenced to hang. But was the verdict sound? Many believe not. Now, for the first time, Antony M. Brown has secured unprecedented access to the police file, allowing the definitive story to be told.