Rumpole and the Borrowed Dog | Old Bailey Stories

Описание: Rumpole and the Borrowed Dog | Old Bailey Stories

Tonight, Horace Rumpole is volunteered by She Who Must Be Obeyed to mind a neighbour’s terrier… and promptly discovers that borrowed dogs, like borrowed certainty, have teeth. When a gentle dog-walker is charged with a smart-flat burglary and a missing tin of antique coins, the police call it “open and shut” — helped along by a suspicious canine sighting in a polished lobby.
But at the Old Bailey, Rumpole prefers proof to prejudice. A wrong collar tag, a mysterious master entry, and a family secret begin to unravel a respectable story that will not bear cross-examination.
Switch off the lights, pour a modest glass of Château Thames Embankment, and settle in for a dry, witty London courtroom mystery where the truth turns out to be the only thing that will not stay buried under the bed.

00:00:00 The Brief and the Bite
00:12:27 The Concierge and the Key Register
00:24:15 The Inspector and the Open-and-Shut Mind
00:34:40 The Tag with the Wrong Truth
00:44:27 The Lady, the Nephew, and the Master Key
00:54:36 The Contractor and the Convenient Uniform
01:05:57 The Pawnbroker’s Piece of Paper
01:16:50 The Man Who Was Not Pike
01:25:23 The Tattoo and the Borrowed Name
01:36:35 The Tin and the Golden Thread

Old Bailey Stories is your home for classic, BBC-style legal mysteries told in rich, audiobook-ready prose. Step into the smoky corridors of the Old Bailey, the gossip of barristers’ chambers, and the quiet dramas behind closed doors—where a single contradiction can change a verdict and a dry remark can cut deeper than a closing speech.
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