Tragedy at Law
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- £5.49
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
Tragedy at Law follows a rather self-important High Court judge, Mr Justice Barber, as he moves from town to town presiding over cases in the Southern England circuit. When an anonymous letter arrives for Barber, warning of imminent revenge, he dismisses it as the work of a harmless lunatic. But then a second letter appears, followed by a poisoned box of the judge's favourite chocolates, and he begins to fear for his life. Enter barrister and amateur detective Francis Pettigrew, a man who was once in love with Barber's wife and has never quite succeeded in his profession - can he find out who is threatening Barber before it is too late?
Customer Reviews
An Entertaining Page Turner
An excellent offering, though it may not be to everyone’s taste. Hare draws on his extensive experience in the legal professions, at times in drawn-out detail. However his excellent prose and sufficient incident in the story prevent it becoming tedious. The official synopsis doesn’t do the book any favours and makes it sound more pedestrian than it actually is. I found it to be a compulsive page-turner. Hare's setting is the criminal justice system in the earliest period of the war and he evokes a believable sense of period and place. This, together with an ingenious plot makes it well worth five stars. Some consider it to be his finest novel, and arguably one of the best of its kind.