From a more innocent age- filled with 'honest' villians, devious public school master-minds and a great legal plot. It is about a rich business man who is convicted for murder on the basis - he claims - of other people's perjury. There are a few technical legal niceties and quirks that add to the entertainment value. Would make a fine period court drama. I found it in a charity shop with its original binding and got it out as it reminded me of my childhood. We had a number of Henry Cecil books dotted around the house and I bought it for nostalgic reasons. Couldn't exactly recommend it but there are worse things to read if you find yourself in the guest bed-room of an elderly great aunt. ( )