An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Are you aware that, while on my sickbed, I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes.
It's the case of Emily French. You've probably seen reports in the press.
I worked in a department store, in toys, demonstrating children's building sets.
A mass of circumstantial evidence. No alibi whatsoever. It's a hot potato.
Come now, Sir Wilfrid, you must not think of it.
That woman's up to something. But what?
May it please you, my lord. Members of the jury,
My lord, I must object.
I cannot go on lying to save him.
My lord, members of the jury,
I was in a pub and I met a girl. I don't even remember her name.
My client's life is at stake. That's all that matters... his life.
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