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    Rumpole's Return
    Rumpole's Return
    Rumpole's Return
    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    Rumpole's Return

    Written by John Mortimer

    Narrated by Leo McKern

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    “It's just no good. He can't fight it. He tells the police he's guilty. The bloody knife's in the dustbin. He's identified by at least three witnesses at the tube station and he writes some spooky letter in his victim's blood. The case is as dead as mutton.” “Just the sort of case Rumpole would have enjoyed.” And where is Rumpole, that eccentric barrister famous for his knowledge of bloodstains, blood groups and forgery by typewriter? He is supposed, by one and all, to be enjoying his well-earned retirement in the Florida sunshine with his son Nick, daughter-in-law Erica and, of course, “She Who Must Be Obeyed.” But Rumpole is made of sterner stuff, and the nearest whiff of a complicated blood case and he quickly abandons the pleasure of Florida orange juice and descends upon the dear old Chambers to take command once again.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudio Holdings
    Release dateJan 1, 2009
    ISBN9781601363817
    Rumpole's Return
    Author

    John Mortimer

    Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE was born in April 1923. After studying at Oxford he was called to the bar at the age of 25, later becoming a QC. He is a celebrated dramatist, screenwriter and author; his most famous creation, Horace Rumpole, appeared in Rumpole of the Bailey, a television series which was later complemented by short stories, novels and radio programmes. Mortimer died in January 2009.

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