Based on real events, this film delves into a contentious honeytrap operation central to the 1992 police probe of a young mother’s murder in London. It explores the intricate and harmful sexual dynamics of the early 1990s and the police’s fixation on an innocent suspect. “Deceit” immerses viewers in a troubled environment where an undercover female officer, known by the alias ‘Lizzie James’, is tasked with seducing a potential murderer.