When megalomaniac proprietor of the Clarion Newspapers Ltd, Alexander Bean is humiliated in court by judge Mr Justice Beverly, he swears revenge. He engages the services of Sidney York to find a way to blackmail the judge. The situation gets out of hand when Sidney dies in a mysterious accident. The judge and his family fall under suspicion. Thus Alexander Bean becomes involved in a story that runs out of control for all those involved until it reaches its final unexpected conclusion.
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'Keeps one reading eagerly right up to the last page.' -- Law Times
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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
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Colonel Brain, Sidney York, London Clarion, Sir John, Lady Rainham, High Court, Alexander Bean, Clarion Newspapers Ltd, High Street, Murrell Keeping, Deputy Commander, Miss Beverley, Scotland Yard, Selection Committee, Commander Trew, Lord Chief Justice, Tom Bowgill, Augustus Cramp, Henry Gloster, House of Lords, Court of Appeal, Gilbert Swanley, Archie Preston, Bernard Kent, Sir Giles Browse Sample Pages:
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Colonel Brain, Sidney York, London Clarion, Sir John, Lady Rainham, High Court, Alexander Bean, Clarion Newspapers Ltd, High Street, Murrell Keeping, Deputy Commander, Miss Beverley, Scotland Yard, Selection Committee, Commander Trew, Lord Chief Justice, Tom Bowgill, Augustus Cramp, Henry Gloster, House of Lords, Court of Appeal, Gilbert Swanley, Archie Preston, Bernard Kent, Sir Giles Browse Sample Pages:
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- Spies and Espionage, a Directory by Chester Hearn on page 426
- Law in Literature: Legal Themes in Short Stories by Elizabeth Villiers Gemmette in Back Matter
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