RUMPOLE AND THE REIGN OF TERROR The bestselling barrister is back”and ready to take on his most timely case yet  When Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders”John Mortimer™s first Rumpole novel  ever”debuted last year, devoted fans came to it in droves. Now, just in time for Christmas,  Mortimer returns with another Rumpole novel to tackle a truly relevant topic with his signature wit  and style.  While defending a mind-numbingly dull theft charge, Rumpole finds that the new terrorist laws  have hamstrung his beloved courts. Meanwhile, a Pakistani doctor has been imprisoned without  charge or trial under suspicion of aiding al Qaeda in its plans for a terrorist attack. With the  doctor™s wife begging him to help her husband, the Great Defender is determined to bring the  case before a jury.  Trouble is also brewing at home as Hilda”She Who Must Be Obeyed”sits down to write her  own memoirs describing her view of Rumpole and her own love life. Rumpole™s battle on the  home front threatens to derail his case but where there™s a Rumpole, there™s a way!