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Deceit (2021)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Story:
The true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London. Examining the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s and the police’s obsession with the wrong man, Deceit enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James’, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
murder, seduction, undercover agent, female detective, investigation, murder investigation, forensics, murder case, murderer, sleuth, trap, crime investigation, murder mystery, working undercover, unsolved crime, police investigation, mystery killer, crime solving, cold case, uncover truth, women, female nudity, true crime, shower scene
Time:
90s, 1990s
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