894. Rumpole and the Golden Thread (John Mortimer)

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Synopsis from Amazon UK:
This collection includes "Rumpole and the Genuine Article", "Rumpole and the Golden Thread", "Rumpole and the Old Boy Net", "Rumpole and the Female of the Species", "Rumpole and the Sporting Life" and "Rumpole and the Last Resort".

My rating: 5 stars

875. Rumpole and the Angel of Death (John Mortimer)

Synopsis from Amazon:
The irascible but always entertaining Rumpole is back, this time in a series of short stories that have him facing the usual assortment of human detritus at the Old Bailey. Rumpole's delightful compatriots--the determined and politically correct Miz Liz Probert, Mr. Injustice Graves, the beleaguered Claude Erskine-Brown, and, of course, She Who Must Be Obeyed -- are once again in evidence, as are Rumpole's inadvertent humor, his keen understanding of the criminal and not-so-criminal minds, and his wily defenses of some of life's biggest losers. Here the barrister must defend, among others, an animal-rights activist accused of murder and a wife-killer whose dedication to teaching wins him a dangerous friend. In addition, there's a story told by the never-before-heard-from Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed) that's subtly hilarious and chockful of sharp-tongued wit.

My rating: 5 stars

867. Rumpole a la Carte (John Mortimer)

Synopsis:

• Rumpole a la Carte
• Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
• Rumpole and the Right to Silence
• Rumpole at Sea
• Rumpole and the Quacks
• Rumpole for the Prosecution

My rating: 5 stars

804. Rumpole of the Bailey (John Mortimer)

Synopsis:
The first Rumpole book. Contains:

• "Rumpole and the Younger Generation"
• "Rumpole and the Alternative Society"
• "Rumpole and the Honourable Member"
• "Rumpole and the Married Lady"
• "Rumpole and the Learned Friends"
• "Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade"

My rating: 5 stars

Publication information:

• 1978
• Penguin
  

729. Paradise Postponed (John Mortimer)

Synopsis from Amazon:
Why does Simeon Simcox, "left-wing cleric" of an English village, leave the Simcox brewery millions to the morally loathsome Leslie "The Toad" Titmuss, city developer and Conservative cabinet minister? Simeon's sonsFred, the jazz-drumming doctor, and writer Henry, once "Britain's brightest and angriest"conduct separate sleuthing inquiries into Simeon's life and will. Was the low-born Titmuss, who has bought and sold his upper-crust associates and climbed to power on their crippled backs, really Simeon's offspring?

My rating: 1 star

206. Rumpole and the Penge Bunglaow Murders (John Mortimer)

Synopsis from Amazon UK:
Horace Rumpole -- cigar-smoking, claret-drinking, Wordsworth-spouting defender of some unlikely clients -- often speaks of the great murder trial which revealed his talents as an advocate and made his reputation down at the Bailey when he was still a young man. Now, for the first time, the sensational story of the Penge Bungalow Murders case is told in full: how, shortly after the war, Rumpole took on the seemingly impossible task of defending young Simon Jerold, accused of murdering his father and his father's friend with a German officer's gun. And how the inexperienced young brief was left alone to pursue the path of justice, in a case that was to echo through the Bailey for years to come.

My rating: 5 stars

201. Rumpole and the Primrose Path (John Mortimer)

Synopsis from Amazon UK:
We last left Rumpole in his hospital bed after his sudden collapse in court. Now our hero finds himself in the Primrose Path nursing home -- or a hospice as he persists in describing it. Things aren't looking good for Rumpole -- until suddenly he begins to sense there's something wrong with the place, and all his intelligence and formidable insight into human behaviour come to the fore again. And once he has solved the mystery of the Primrose Path nursing home, Rumpole finds the briefs fly thick and fast again. This collection of six brand-new Rumpole stories shows the legendary advocate on top form.

My rating: 5 stars

130. Rumpole Rests His Case (John Mortimer)

Synopsis from Amazon:
After a hiatus of six years, Horace Rumpole emerges once again in a cloud of smoke, wiping butter from his chin after a cutthroat breakfast with She Who Must Be Obeyed at Froxbury Mansions, to wrestle with the forces of justice down at the Old Bailey. As he himself would be the first to admit, Rumpole is growing long in the tooth, but his wit has not deserted him; indeed, it seems to have cleaved onto his person, like his yellowing wig. Almost half the stories here involve the mayhem that ensues when elderly gentlemen succumb to the urging of their addled hearts. Not Rumple, though, who, as ever, sees through a glass of Château Thames Embankment darkly.

My rating: 5 stars

Publication information:

• Published in 2001 by Viking