The Russian House

Foyle finally is allowed to resign and leave Hastings police station to his successor, his tenure as Detective Chief Superintendent over. After his retirement he makes plans to go to America to "tie up some loose ends" - an oblique reference to his determination to bring American Howard Paige to justice, since he was unable to in the episode 'Fifty Ships'. But before he leaves, he reads in a newspaper about the son of a distinguished local family who will be tried for treason for belonging to the British Free Corps, a unit made of Englishmen fighting for Nazi Germany. If found guilty, he will be sentenced to death. Foyle decides to look unofficially into the case. He visits James Deveraux in his cell and finds a damaged young man intent on self destruction, unwilling to do or say anything in his defence. With time running out, he desperately searches for any evidence to clear Deveraux's name.