Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Imagine a judge handing out a lenient sentence because he is suddenly filled with love for his fellow man. Think of a world where Trades Union leaders support their bosses' high salaries and where policemen hug and kiss drivers stopped for speeding. Eventually the government is forced to step in.
The Buttercup Spell
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Imagine a judge handing out a lenient sentence because he is suddenly filled with love for his fellow man. Think of a world where Trades Union leaders support their bosses' high salaries and where policemen hug and kiss drivers stopped for speeding. Eventually the government is forced to step in.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Imagine a judge handing out a lenient sentence because he is suddenly filled with love for his fellow man. Think of a world where Trades Union leaders support their bosses' high salaries and where policemen hug and kiss drivers stopped for speeding. Eventually the government is forced to step in.
Much In Evidence
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
William Richmond is bald and lame. His home is broken into and he is beaten up. His insurance company pays up - but they are highly suspicious. It would appear that a series of bald and lame men have been making dubious insurance claims. In this hilarious trial novel we see how amazing coincidences can really happen.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
William Richmond is bald and lame. His home is broken into and he is beaten up. His insurance company pays up - but they are highly suspicious. It would appear that a series of bald and lame men have been making dubious insurance claims. In this hilarious trial novel we see how amazing coincidences can really happen.
The Asking Price
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Ronald Holbrook is a fifty-seven year old bachelor who has lived in the same house for twenty years. Jane Doughty, the daughter of his next-door neighbours, is seventeen. She suddenly decides she is in love with Ronald and wants to marry him. Everyone is amused at first but then events take a disturbingly sinister turn.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Ronald Holbrook is a fifty-seven year old bachelor who has lived in the same house for twenty years. Jane Doughty, the daughter of his next-door neighbours, is seventeen. She suddenly decides she is in love with Ronald and wants to marry him. Everyone is amused at first but then events take a disturbingly sinister turn.
Friends at Court
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Roger Thursby is prospering in the legal profession and is about to be made a Queen's Council. In this brilliantly funny sequel to Brothers in Law we follow him through a further series of hilarious legal highs and lows.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Roger Thursby is prospering in the legal profession and is about to be made a Queen's Council. In this brilliantly funny sequel to Brothers in Law we follow him through a further series of hilarious legal highs and lows.
Tell You What I'll Do
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Harry Woodstock is a lazy but amiable criminal who would rather live by fraud than by working .He is very comfortable in prison. When out of prison he tries to avoid a violent criminal. Understandably, Harry feels safer in prison so thinks up ways to get himself inside again. His amusing story ends with an ingenious solution.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Harry Woodstock is a lazy but amiable criminal who would rather live by fraud than by working .He is very comfortable in prison. When out of prison he tries to avoid a violent criminal. Understandably, Harry feels safer in prison so thinks up ways to get himself inside again. His amusing story ends with an ingenious solution.
Brief Tales From The Bench
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
What does it feel like to be a Judge? Read these stories and you can almost feel you are looking at proceedings from the lofty position of the Bench. With a collection of eccentric and amusing characters, Henry Cecil brings to life trials in a County Court and exposes the complex and contradictory workings of the English legal system.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
What does it feel like to be a Judge? Read these stories and you can almost feel you are looking at proceedings from the lofty position of the Bench. With a collection of eccentric and amusing characters, Henry Cecil brings to life trials in a County Court and exposes the complex and contradictory workings of the English legal system.
The Wanted Man
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129520
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
When Norman Partridge moves to Little Bacon he proves to be a kind and helpful neighbour and is liked by everyone. Six months before, John Gladstone, a wealthy bank-robber had escaped from custody. Gradually, Partridge's neighbours begin to ask themselves questions. Some villagers are suspicious and decide to take matters into their own hands.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129520
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
When Norman Partridge moves to Little Bacon he proves to be a kind and helpful neighbour and is liked by everyone. Six months before, John Gladstone, a wealthy bank-robber had escaped from custody. Gradually, Partridge's neighbours begin to ask themselves questions. Some villagers are suspicious and decide to take matters into their own hands.
No Fear Or Favour
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075512944X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
'If everyone had a perfectly clear conscience, the blackmailer would have no chance'. So begins a trial in which the judge is himself blackmailed. Unwittingly 'picked up' by a 'respectable-looking girl' he finds his career and personal life threatened. Can Mr Justice Slaughter save himself ?
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075512944X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
'If everyone had a perfectly clear conscience, the blackmailer would have no chance'. So begins a trial in which the judge is himself blackmailed. Unwittingly 'picked up' by a 'respectable-looking girl' he finds his career and personal life threatened. Can Mr Justice Slaughter save himself ?
Brothers In Law
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755128931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Roger Thursby, aged twenty-four, is called to the bar. He is young, inexperienced and his love life is complicated. He blunders his way through a succession of comic adventures including his calamitous debut at the bar. In this first Roger Thursby novel Henry Cecil satires the legal profession with his usual wit and insight.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755128931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Roger Thursby, aged twenty-four, is called to the bar. He is young, inexperienced and his love life is complicated. He blunders his way through a succession of comic adventures including his calamitous debut at the bar. In this first Roger Thursby novel Henry Cecil satires the legal profession with his usual wit and insight.
Cross Purposes
Author: Henry Cecil
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129342
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The Bartons are a happy family who are finding it difficult to make ends meet. Then, Mrs Barton wins a large sum and their lives change forever. They are a kind couple and they use their fortune to help family and friends. But this leads into a tangled web of serious legal and moral problems and they find themselves worse off than before.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755129342
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The Bartons are a happy family who are finding it difficult to make ends meet. Then, Mrs Barton wins a large sum and their lives change forever. They are a kind couple and they use their fortune to help family and friends. But this leads into a tangled web of serious legal and moral problems and they find themselves worse off than before.