Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow murders / by John Mortimer; read by Bill Wallis.— Auburn : Audio Partners ; p2005, c2004. 5 sound discs (5 hr., 57 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Unabridged
Compact discs
ISBN: 1572704748
1. Attorney and client – Fiction. 2. Legal stories. 3. London (England) – Fiction. 4. Mystery fiction. 5. Rumpole, Horace (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. 6. Trials (Murder) – Fiction.
823.914
When Horace Rumpole discovers that no one in his firm knows of his most famous case, the Penge Bungalow murders, he decides that it’s time to write his memoirs, before the world forgets one of the most shocking criminal cases to be tried in the Old Bailey in the 1950s. Two R.A.F. veterans shot dead at point blank range with a captured German pistol in their homes in the London suburb of Penge and the chief suspect is the young son of one of pilots. Although a very junior member of the firm, Rumpole rises for the defense, aided, behind the scenes, by the very determined and clever daughter of his boss. He also has a chance to defend a member of the Timpson clan for the first time.
Loyal followers of the series will be delight that after decades of allusions to this case, the cornerstone of Rumpole’s reputation is finally revealed. Mortimer’s wit and balanced plot construction are as delightful as ever and, delightfully performed by reader Bill Wallis.
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