Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow murders

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Light Blue for big ideas Green for mystery Orange for fantastic fiction Pink for distant lands Dark Blue for real lives Purple for viewpoints John Mortimer's 'Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders' sees our eponymous hero tackle his first-ever case. It is just after the war and two RAF heroes are found shot dead. Simon Jerold, the son of one of the victims, is the only suspect and young Rumpole is given the hopeless task of defending him. But Rumpole is determined to save his client from the gallows and make a name for himself. His bid to do so opens the first chapter in the story of the law's finest comic creation. Whether orange, blue, green, pink or purple, Penguin Celebrations give readers everywhere unique voices, enthralling stories and quite simply the best books of their kind to be published in recent years. What's not to celebrate?

subjects: Crime fiction,  Mystery,  Detective and mystery stories,  Lawyers,  Legal stories,  Penguin Crime,  Solicitors,  Attorney and client,  Horace Rumpole (Fictitious character),  Fiction,  Courtroom fiction,  Barristers,  Trials (Murder),  Crime,  Rumpole, Horace (Fictitious character) -- Fiction,  Attorney and client -- Fiction,  Trials (Murder) -- Fiction,  London (England) -- Fiction,  Lawyers, fiction,  Rumpole, horace (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, legal,  Large type books,  London (england), fiction

People: Horace Rumpole

Places: London (England),  England,  London

Times: Post WW2