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About Rumpole and the Golden Thread (Rumpole)

The venerable Rumpole has been “back in the harness” a good three years since his abortive retirement to Florida, and with the exception of a deplorable decrease in crime of late, he is glorying in the mushroom pie, rainy day life of the Old bailey. Included in this production are these stories: Rumpole and the Genuine Article —Rumpole discovers the true motives behind a third-rate artist’s happy indictment for forgery; Rumpole and the Golden Thread —Rumpole travels to Africa to defend a former student accused of political murder; Rumpole and the Old Boy Net —a new twist on “honor among thieves” when Rumpole defends the owners of a house of ill repute; Rumpole and the Female of the Species —Tony Timson, of a large family of South London villains, has gotten himself into another predictable pack of trouble; Rumpole and the Sporting Life —dragged against his will to the yearly Bar Races, Rumpole finds a good deal more to interest him in several bottles of plonk … and murder; Rumpole and the Last Resort —Rumpole goes to extravagant lengths to collect on a bill.