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John Mortimer


(John Clifford Mortimer)
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JOHN MORTIMER is a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (PARADISE POSTPONED, TITMUSS REGAINED and THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS) featuring Leslie Titmuss - a character as brilliant as Rumpole. John Mortimer received a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Rumpole
   Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
   The Trials of Rumpole (1979)
   Rumpole for the Defence (1981)
     aka Regina v Rumpole
   Rumpole's Return (1982)
   Rumpole (1982)
   Rumpole and the Golden Thread (1983)
   Rumpole for the Prosecution (1986)
   Rumpole's Last Case (1987)
   Rumpole and the Age of Miracles (1988)
   Rumpole and the Age for Retirement (1989)
   Rumpole a La Carte (1990)
   Rumpole On Trial (1992)
   The Best of Rumpole (1993)
   Rumpole and the Younger Generation (1995)
   Rumpole and the Angel of Death (1995)
   Rumpole Rests His Case (2001)
   Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2002)
   Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004)
   Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (2006)
   The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole (2007)

     aka Rumpole Misbehaves

   Rumpole at Christmas (2009)

     aka A Rumpole Christmas

   Forever Rumpole (2011)
   The Collected Stories of Rumpole (2013)
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Novels
   Charade (1947)
   Like Men Betrayed (1953)
   The Narrowing Stream (1954)
   Summer's Lease (1988)
   Dunster (1992)
   Felix in the Underworld (1997)
   Quite Honestly (2005)
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Collections
   Edwin and Other Plays (1984)
   Murder at Christmas (1991) (with others)
   Thou Shalt Not Kill (1992) (with G K Chesterton and Ralph McInerny)
   Under the Hammer (1994)
   Fanfare (1999) (with others)
   Collected Plays (2006)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
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Plays show
 
Non fiction show
 
John Mortimer recommends
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Therapy (1995)
David Lodge
"Full of delights... His view of our neuroses is sane, intelligent and amused."
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1953)
Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard

(Inspector Maigret, book 41)
Georges Simenon
"One of the great detectives... a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind."

Anthologies containing stories by John Mortimer
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Murder at Christmas (2019)
(Vintage Murders, book 4)
edited by
Cecily Gayford
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A Very Murderous Christmas (2018)
Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
(Vintage Murders, book 3)
edited by
Cecily Gayford

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