The Corrosive Heart

In the patriarchal society of 1920s Albion, gentle Eleanor Ashford hides a soul corroded by envy. Adopted into the wealthy Ashford family, she simmers with jealousy toward her privileged step-sister Victoria. When the family matriarch is poisoned, Eleanor exploits society's underestimation of women to stage the perfect insanity defense. But a split verdict—not guilty by reason of insanity on murder, yet guilty but insane on poisoning—triggers a legal battle reaching the High Court. There, the principle of double jeopardy becomes her final shield, revealing a jealousy that sought no gain, only destruction.