by John Curran
Convicted arsonist and murderer Gerald „Stone“ Creeson does everything he can to get out of prison, including manipulating his probation officer Maybury. He wants to make it clear that he has made a fundamental change in his life and uses his beautiful wife to prove it. It is her job to seduce the upright Maybury, but it soon turns out that each party in this psychological tangle – the convict, the wife and the probation officer – each has their own motives for being involved. The border between guardian of the law and law-breaker becomes increasingly blurred. This is a story of passion, deception and corruption, set against a Detroit backdrop in the brutal milieu of a high-security prison.