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Amid an unfortunate and temporary downturn in London crime, the Old Bailey hack sits in Chambers (he never writes at home for fear of She Who Must Be Obeyed) and picks up his pen to recount six classic tales of his recent trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere he deals with, among others, a clergyman on a shoplifting rampage, a backstage theatrical murder, a villain with unfortunate sartorial taste and, worst of all, the possibility that he may have to hang up his wig and retire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46250160128236,"sku":"9780241474433","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241474433.jpg?v=1741554133"},{"product_id":"rumpole-of-the-bailey-by-john-mortimer-9780241398883","title":"Rumpole of the Bailey","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew to Penguin Modern Classics, the very first selection of stories featuring the irrepressible \u003cem\u003eRumpole\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorace Rumpole, the old boy committed to defending the apparently indefensible, trusting of a jury, and scornful of the law's pomposities, appears here in a new edition of the 1978 iconic \u003cem\u003eRumpole\u003c\/em\u003e debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects the much-loved stories \u003cem\u003eRumpole and the Younger Generation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRumpole and the Alternative Society\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRumpole and the Honourable Member\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRumpole and the Married Lady\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRumpole and the Learned Friends\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRumpole and the Heavy Brigade\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251280367852,"sku":"9780241398883","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241398883.jpg?v=1741595478"},{"product_id":"rumpoles-return-by-john-mortimer-9780241474440","title":"Rumpole's Return","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind\u003c\/em\u003e - Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorace Rumpole, the rascally, Wordsworth-quoting Old Bailey hack, should be enjoying his retirement. Soaking unhappily in the Florida sun with his wife, Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed), it is safely assumed by all that Rumpole's wig has been hung up for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when a rather unkempt civil servant is mixed up in the mysterious death of a minor aristocrat, Rumpole seizes the opportunity to escape the life of leisure. 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