Now that Scandinavian crime fiction is very firmly on the map (along with much other crime in translation), it has become clear to readers that Henning Mankel – the Trojan horse for the breakthrough of Swedish crime writers – was only the tip of...
Horace Rumpole is supposed to be enjoying well-earned retirement busking soggily in the Florida sun beside "she who must be obeyed", learning to rap with strangers. But then he decides to return to the...
Horace Rumpole - a man who never prosecutes, whose fame rests on his knowledge, whose court scenes are proverbial and whose home is ruled by Mrs Rumpole is back in this collection of...