Volg het wel en wee van Francis Pettigrew, een advocaat wiens carrière niet bepaald een groot succes is, maar wiens scherpe intellect hem vaak naar de waarheid leidt. Deze serie duikt in de wereld van Britse rechtszalen en ingewikkelde detectiveverhalen. Het is een meeslepend verhaal over gerechtigheid, vindingrijkheid en de menselijke natuur.
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.