The Buttercup Spell

The Buttercup Spell

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0755129334

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Imagine a judge handing out a lenient sentence because he is suddenly filled with love for his fellow man. Think of a world where Trades Union leaders support their bosses' high salaries and where policemen hug and kiss drivers stopped for speeding. Eventually the government is forced to step in.


Much In Evidence

Much In Evidence

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0755129415

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William Richmond is bald and lame. His home is broken into and he is beaten up. His insurance company pays up - but they are highly suspicious. It would appear that a series of bald and lame men have been making dubious insurance claims. In this hilarious trial novel we see how amazing coincidences can really happen.


The Asking Price

The Asking Price

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0755129318

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Ronald Holbrook is a fifty-seven year old bachelor who has lived in the same house for twenty years. Jane Doughty, the daughter of his next-door neighbours, is seventeen. She suddenly decides she is in love with Ronald and wants to marry him. Everyone is amused at first but then events take a disturbingly sinister turn.


Friends at Court

Friends at Court

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0755129377

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Roger Thursby is prospering in the legal profession and is about to be made a Queen's Council. In this brilliantly funny sequel to Brothers in Law we follow him through a further series of hilarious legal highs and lows.


Tell You What I'll Do

Tell You What I'll Do

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0755129490

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Harry Woodstock is a lazy but amiable criminal who would rather live by fraud than by working .He is very comfortable in prison. When out of prison he tries to avoid a violent criminal. Understandably, Harry feels safer in prison so thinks up ways to get himself inside again. His amusing story ends with an ingenious solution.


Brief Tales From The Bench

Brief Tales From The Bench

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 0755129326

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What does it feel like to be a Judge? Read these stories and you can almost feel you are looking at proceedings from the lofty position of the Bench. With a collection of eccentric and amusing characters, Henry Cecil brings to life trials in a County Court and exposes the complex and contradictory workings of the English legal system.


The Wanted Man

The Wanted Man

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0755129520

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When Norman Partridge moves to Little Bacon he proves to be a kind and helpful neighbour and is liked by everyone. Six months before, John Gladstone, a wealthy bank-robber had escaped from custody. Gradually, Partridge's neighbours begin to ask themselves questions. Some villagers are suspicious and decide to take matters into their own hands.


No Fear Or Favour

No Fear Or Favour

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 075512944X

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'If everyone had a perfectly clear conscience, the blackmailer would have no chance'. So begins a trial in which the judge is himself blackmailed. Unwittingly 'picked up' by a 'respectable-looking girl' he finds his career and personal life threatened. Can Mr Justice Slaughter save himself ?


Brothers In Law

Brothers In Law

Author: Henry Cecil

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0755128931

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Roger Thursby, aged twenty-four, is called to the bar. He is young, inexperienced and his love life is complicated. He blunders his way through a succession of comic adventures including his calamitous debut at the bar. In this first Roger Thursby novel Henry Cecil satires the legal profession with his usual wit and insight.