The Painswick Line
by Henry Cecil
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Lucy Meeson-Smith works at a big bookmakers and always manages to back the back winners. Her employers become suspicious and take her to court for fraud. At her trial it is revealed that her father, a vicar, studies form avidly and is a brilliant tipster (though he himself is not a betting man). The judge in the case, Mr Justice Painswick is most intrigued by the evidence. His own personal life is complicated by his son - a thoroughgoing cad who is deeply in debt. Find out how these show more personalities are brought together in a lively and unexpected way in this witty, upbeat novel. show lessTags
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Henry Cecil was born near London in 1902 and was called to the bar in 1923. Later in 1949 he was appointed a County Court Judge, a position he held until 1967. He used these experiences as inspiration for his work. His books are works of great comic genius with unpredictable twists of plot which highlight the often absurd contradictions of the show more legal system. Cecil died in 1976. His series included: Mr. Tewkesbury, Colonel Brain and Roger Thursby. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- It would surprise many people to learn that a judge of the High Court of Justice had ever asked a clergyman of the Church of England what horse he fancied for the 2.30 on the following day.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He's a judge.'
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