This collection of six Rumpole stories shows the legendary advocate in top form. We last left Rumpole in his hospital bed after his sudden collapse in court. Now our hero finds himself in the Primrose Path nursing homeor a hospice as he persists in describing it. Things aren't looking good for Rumpoleuntil suddenly he begins to sense there's something wrong with the place, and all his intelligence and formidable...
Darkus is miserable. His dad has disappeared and now he is living next door to the most disgusting neighbours ever. A giant beetle called Baxter comes to his rescue. But can the two solve the mystery of his dad's disappearance, especially when links emerge to cruel Lucretia Cutter and her penchant for beetle jewellery? A coffee-mug mountain, home to a million insects, could provide the answer - if Darkus and Baxter...