by John Mortimer · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141025704
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«Rumpole and the Reign of Terror» is the mystery and humour novel by John Mortimer, published by Penguin in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Horace Rumpole defends a Pakistani doctor imprisoned without charge or trial on suspicion of collaborating with Al Qaeda. The lawyer denounces anti-terrorist laws that turn British justice into a farce, while his wife Hilda, 'She Who Must Be Obeyed', plans some very revealing memoirs. Judicial mystery with irony and humour.
Fourteenth instalment of the «Rumpole of the Bailey» series; the novel's original edition was published in 2006.
For fans of Horace Rumpole and readers of mystery with English humour, such as enthusiasts of Sherlock Holmes or P. G. Wodehouse.
Sir John Clifford Mortimer was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.
