With just days to live, a Victorian policeman continues his final confession from his death bed.

Mystery still surrounded the brutal murder of John Zebedee.

The constable recalls his determination to solve the case when the rest of the police force had given up.

Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881.

The last of two parts concluded by Ronald Pickup

Producer: Joanne Reardon

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003. Show less