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Rumpole rests his case (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 2002
Horace Rumpole, one of the finest barristers ever to defend a client, weaves his way elegantly among the intricacies of…
the courtroom and the human heart, only to find that the advancing years catch up with even the most indomitable spirit. 2002. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole and the golden thread (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1991
Horace Rumpole, whom the nation has taken to its collective bosom, who continues to untie the knots in the English…
law and the contradictions of the human heart in his death-defying performances on behalf of justice, is back on form in another collection of short stories. 1991. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole (Rumpole mysteries ;)
By John Mortimer. 1980
Rumpole is the oldest Junior in Chambers, a barrister who never prosecutes, is apt to quote poetry, and has a…
wife known as "She Who Must Be Obeyed". The stories in this collection were previously published as "Rumpole of the Bailey" and "The Trials of Rumpole". 1980. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole and the angel of death (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1996
Six mysteries featuring Horace Rumpole. In one case, Rumpole defends an animal-rights activist who clashes with fox hunters. In another…
a doctor is accused of hastening the end of an Alzheimer's patient. And "She Who Must Be Obeyed," i.e., Hilda Rumpole, recounts his defence of a young boy charged with using a golf club to beat his father to death. 1996. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole a la carte (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1990
Rumpole and the reign of terror (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 2007
British barrister Horace Rumpole takes on the government when he accepts the case of a Pakistani doctor accused of aiding…
Al Qaeda. He also alienates his colleagues, his wife Hilda, and other clients, while he battles his own doubts. Meanwhile Hilda writes her memoirs. c2006, 2007. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole of the Bailey (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1978
Rough justice (Rosato And Associates Ser. #Bk. 3)
By Lisa Scottoline. 1997
Attorney Marta Richter has argued persuasively on behalf of her client, Elliot Steere, who is charged with murdering a homeless…
man. But as they wait for the verdict, arrogant millionaire Steere lets it slip that it wasn't self-defence after all. Knowing she is risking her life, Richter attempts to gather last-minute proof that Steere is guilty. Strong language and violence. c1997.Rosa's dilemma (Romance Ser.)
By Michael Underwood. 1990
Solicitor Rosa Epton has vowed never to work with Malcolm Palfrey again, yet here she was, helping him defend a…
young couple charged with malicious damage. He was elusive as she prepared the case, culminating in his non appearance on the day of the trial. Then Palfrey was discovered on a park bench with a bullet in his brain and a revolver beside him. Was it suicide or murder? 1990.Rita will: memoir of a literary rabble-rouser
By Rita Mae Brown. 1997
Autobiography of the openly lesbian novelist who has co-authored mysteries with her cat, Sneaky Pie. Describes her illegitimate birth, adoption…
by relatives, and southern childhood; how she became an advocate for women's rights; and her relationships with tennis star Martina Navratilova and author Fannie Flagg. Some strong language. c1997.Riding shotgun
By Rita Mae Brown. 1996
Recently widowed Cig Blackwood discovers during a foxhunt that her husband died naked in her sister's bed. Distraught, she is…
then thrown back in time to 1699 where she lives with her ancestors. She returns to the present with newfound wisdom about love and happiness. Strong language. 1996.Revelation (Shardlake series. #4.)
By C. J Sansom. 2008
King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled…
Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. Matthew Shardlake, meanwhile, is working on the case of a teenage boy, a religious maniac locked in the Bedlam hospital for the insane. When an old friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake promises his widow, for whom he has long had complicated feelings, to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him to both Cranmer and Catherine Parr - and with the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation. Sequel to "Sovereign" (DC38179). 2008.Que la vie est douce à l'ombre des palmes: dernières nouvelles d'Égypte
By Christian Jacq. 2005
Problem at Pollensa Bay and other stories
By Agatha Christie. 1992
A collection of 8 short stories from the undisputed Queen of Crime, perfectly illustrating the incredible breadth of the author's…
talent; from sinister murder mysteries to light-hearted romances. Includes: Problem at Pollensa Bay, The Harlequin Tea Set mystery and Yellow Iris. 1992.Postern of fate
By Agatha Christie. 1973
Pleasantville: a novel (Jay Porter. #2.)
By Attica Locke. 2015
Fifteen years after the events of "Black Water Rising", Jay Porter is struggling to cope with catastrophic changes in his…
personal life and the disintegration of his environmental law practice. His victory against Cole Oil is still the crown jewel of his career, even if he hasn't yet seen a dime thanks to appeals. But time has taken its toll. Tired and restless, he's ready to quit. When a girl goes missing on election night, 1996, in the neighbourhood of Pleasantville--a hamlet for upwardly mobile blacks on the north side of Houston--Jay, a single father, is deeply disturbed. He's been representing Pleasantville in the wake of a chemical fire, and the case is dragging on, raising doubts about his ability. The missing girl was a volunteer for one of the local mayoral candidates, and her disappearance complicates an already heated campaign. When the nephew of one of the candidates, a Pleasantville local, is arrested, Jay reluctantly finds himself serving as a defense attorney. With a man's life and his own reputation on the line, Jay is about to try his first murder in a case that will also put an electoral process on trial, exposing the dark side of power and those determined to keep it. 2015.Plea of insanity
By Jilliane Hoffman. 2009
Dr. David Marquette seemingly just snapped one night. His defense team claims paranoid delusions caused by schizophrenia drove him to…
slaughter his entire family. But the state suspects that Marquette's insanity defense is being fabricated to disguise murders that were cold-blooded and calculated. And the evidence appears to be mounting that Marquette may be responsible for other unsolved murders around the state as well--murders that bear the frightening signature of a serial killer. It's Julia's first murder trial and her first insanity defense, and the stakes are incredibly high. If convicted, Marquette faces the ultimate penalty--death. If found insane, he could walk free. To bring a killer to justice, Julia will have to journey into the mind of madness herself, and go on a personal journey back into her own past--a past she has struggled for fifteen years to forget. 2015, c2009.Le dernier procès: roman (Collection les magistrats.)
By Hélène Sévigny. 1990
Plain truth
By Jodi Picoult. 2006
When Philadelphia attorney Ellie Hathaway retreats to her aunt’s house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she’s drawn into an unusual case -…
an Amish girl accused of murdering her newborn after a hidden pregnancy. Ellie calls former beau, psychiatrist John Cooper, to help the troubled defendant. 2006.Platinum blues
By William Deverell. 1988
C.C. Gilley, a has-been musician, plans a comeback with a love ballad written for Elora. When the song is pirated,…
Elora's father, small-town lawyer Oliver Gulliver, battles one of America's largest record companies. The case explodes when innocent people are murdered. Strong language. 1988.