Customer Reviews

Rumpole and his crooked cronies - By: T. Bobley, 16 Apr 2006
There are four storiesin this collection - all very entertaining & done to perfection by a stellar cast, including the excellent Timothy West playing the reprehensible Rumpole & the incomparable Prunella Scales playing his bossy but long-suffering wife, Hilda. The stories are:

"Rumpole & the Primrose Path",in which Rumpole is alerted to shady activities involving the sudden death of a patient & the possible involvement of nursing staff at the Primrose Path nursing home, where he has gone to convalesce after a heart attack.

"Rumpole & the Vanishing Juror", where a murder leaves a little boy orphaned. But who murdered the mother & why has the child been snatched away & hidden? And where has Rumpole's most promising juror disappeared to?

"Rumpole & the Scales of Justice", involves an apparently strict & straight officer of the law going off the rails. And much as Rumpole dislikes the man, he works to defend him.

"Rumpole Redeemed", sees Rumpole invited to a dinner at his local prison where he learns a thing or two about some of the inmates. Soon after, crimes are committed that fit the modus operandi of one of those prisoners. Rumpole smells a stitch up though.

I thoroughly enjoyed every story. Not a dud amongst them. Recommended.