by JohnCliffordMortimer (Author)
Curmudgeonly London barrister Horace Rumpole, recovering from a near fatal heart attack, returns in a new collection of stories in which he takes on a nasty head nurse and befriends a young one at his run-down convalescent center as he investigates the mysterious death of an elderly patient, in the title story in a new collection of mystery tales.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 19 Dec 2004
ISBN 10: 0142004863
ISBN 13: 9780142004869
For things most truly themselves, there should be a special place of honor... We should remember to be thankful for Rumpole. (The Washington Post)
Mortimer is the master of a crisp, witty, eminently readable prose style. (Los Angeles Times)