Ronald Holbrook is a fifty-seven year-old batchelor 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 sinister turn and Ronald finds himself in a very difficult situation.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Judge Henry Cecil Leon was born in Norwood Green Rectory near London in 1902. In 1923 he was called to the Bar and between 1949 to 1967 he served as a county court judge. He developed his writing skills while serving with the British Army during the Second World War, telling stories to officers to keep their minds off alcohol while sailing on ‘dry’ ships. These formed the basis of his first collection, Full Circle, published in 1948. Thereafter the law and official functions provided the main source for many of his stories and plays. Cecil had an extraordinary ability to examine the law in both a humorous and a more serious, analytical way, providing a series of thought provoking works. The titles being published by House of Stratus include some of his best known work, many of which have been filmed, notably Brothers in Law and Alibi for a Judge. Though his books deal with the legal system many have more than an element of the mystery/thriller genre about them.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Asking Price,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Asking Price (Paperback)
THOROUGHLY enjoyed it. Witty, funny, dry, and droll.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
spike point, two barristers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Colonel Holbrook, Eleanor Gardens, Colonel Doughty, Joseph Plumb, Jane Doughty, Barry Halliwell, The Doughtys, Kai Lung, Hollybourne Street Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
spike point, two barristers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Colonel Holbrook, Eleanor Gardens, Colonel Doughty, Joseph Plumb, Jane Doughty, Barry Halliwell, The Doughtys, Kai Lung, Hollybourne Street Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
