Suivez les péripéties de Francis Pettigrew, un avocat dont la carrière est loin d'être exemplaire, mais dont l'intelligence vive le conduit souvent à découvrir la vérité. Cette série plonge dans l'univers des tribunaux britanniques et des intrigues policières complexes. C'est un récit captivant de justice, d'esprit et de nature humaine.
When an anonymous letter arrives for Mr Justice Barber, the High Court judge, 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.
Who murdered solo violinist Lucy Carless during a concert by the Markshire Orchestra? There are several suspects, any one of whom might have strangled her with a silk stocking. Was it her first husband? Or her second? Womanizer Bill Ventry? Or perhaps the clarinetist and fellow Polish émigré, Zbartorowski, with whom she’d had a violent argument? Lawyer Francis Pettigrew, as reluctant honorary treasurer to the Markshire Orchestral Society, finds himself caught up with assisting the police in their investigations.