#13 Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

John Mortimer
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The Rumpole renaissance continues to build, and now the beloved barrister’s many followers have a special reason to rejoice: a sensational full-length Rumpole novel that at last relates the oft-mentioned but never revealed story of Rumpole’s first case, the Penge Bungalow affair. Looking back half a century into a very different world, Rumpole recalls a man accused of murdering his father and his father’s friend with a pistol taken from a dead German pilot. It was this trial and its outcome that put Rumpole on the map and shaped him into the cantankerous defender of justice that readers know and love. This is a must-read for every Rumpole fan and a compelling invitation to new readers.
Genres: MysteryFictionCrimeHumorBritish LiteratureAudiobookMystery ThrillerComedyLawCozy Mystery
224 Pages

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