Guy Foster is trying to forge a new career as a novelist. But he could never imagine the plot twists that his life takes next late one night, Guy's beautiful wife, Melissa, is strangled. As the clues of her murder mount, they all point to him.

It's true that the two had not been getting along. But Guy has never seen a doctor about his anger - although the doctor tells police Guy is his patient. A disturbing phone call puts Guy on the scene of another fresh corpse. A third women who survives a murder attempt describes her attacker, and ever detail matches Guy. With each new incident, Guy looks more and more like a murderer.

Written by famed English crime writer and dramatist Francis Durbridge, this PBS Mystery! classic stars Peter Barkworth, Ronald Fraser, and Moira Redmond.