Seguite le vicende di Francis Pettigrew, un avvocato la cui carriera è tutt'altro che brillante, ma il cui acuto intelletto lo porta spesso a scoprire la verità. Questa serie si addentra nel mondo delle aule di tribunale britanniche e negli intricati intrighi polizieschi. È una narrazione avvincente di giustizia, arguzia e natura umana.
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.