''Rumpole's Return'' is a 1980 novel by

John Mortimer Sir John Clifford Mortimer (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for novels about a barrister named Horace Rumpole. Early life Mortimer was born in Hampstead, Londo ...

about the defence barrister

Horace Rumpole ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, oft ...

. It was based on a script for a two-hour Rumpole telemovie of the same name.''Rumpole's Return''
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The plot concerns Rumpole coming out of retirement in Florida to work on a case.

References

{{John Mortimer Works by John Mortimer 1980 short story collections