Rumpole Misbehaves - by John Mortimer (Paperback)

About the Book

Mortimer's beloved Rumpole is back to solve a new and peculiar mystery. When the curmudgeonly barrister is called upon to defend a Timson child cited for playing soccer on a posh street, he tries to get to the bottom of the New Labour party's ridiculous new Anti-Social Behavior Orders.

Book Synopsis

The next novel in the Rumpole series from the beloved and bestselling master of the court

The Rumpole novels have garnered legions of fans who show no sign of abandoning their favorite curmudgeonly British barrister. Now in Rumpole Misbehaves, our hero takes on nothing less than the New Labour government when their ridiculous new Anti- Social Behavior Orders land a Timson child in front of the bench for playing soccer on a posh London street. However, Rumpole quickly discovers that the complainant is hiding some nefarious secrets of her own. As he investigates the murder of a prostitute with links to white slavery and unscrupulous dealings in a government department, Rumpole must also wrangle with his fellow barristers as they threaten him with an ASBO for bringing food, wine, and small cigars into his room in chambers.

Review Quotes

? One of the best of the sixteen story collections and novels centering on the crafty old barrister and self-described proud ?Old Bailey hack.? ?
?Tim Rutten, "Los Angeles Times"

? Good news for the many Rumpole fans who have grown to love the wine-sipping, cigar-smoking barrister whose mantra has never changed: ?Innocent until proven guilty.? ?
?Craig Wilson, "USA Today"



One of the best of the sixteen story collections and novels centering on the crafty old barrister and self-described proud Old Bailey hack.
Tim Rutten, "Los Angeles Times"
Good news for the many Rumpole fans who have grown to love the wine-sipping, cigar-smoking barrister whose mantra has never changed: Innocent until proven guilty.
Craig Wilson, "USA Today"

a One of the best of the sixteen story collections and novels centering on the crafty old barrister and self-described proud aOld Bailey hack.a a
aTim Rutten, "Los Angeles Times"
a Good news for the many Rumpole fans who have grown to love the wine-sipping, cigar-smoking barrister whose mantra has never changed: aInnocent until proven guilty.a a
aCraig Wilson, "USA Today"

Rumpole is one of the immortals of mystery fiction.
"San Francisco Chronicle"

About the Author

John Mortimer is a playwright, novelist, and former practicing barrister who has written many film scripts as well as stage, radio, and television plays, the Rumpole plays, for which he received the British Academy Writer of the Year Award, and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. He is the author of twelve collections of Rumpole stories and three acclaimed volumes of autobiography.