Rumpole finds that the new terrorist laws have hamstrung his beloved courts. When he learns that a Pakistani doctor has been imprisoned without charge or trial under suspicion of aiding al Qaeda, the Great Defender is determined to bring the case before a jury. 23rd in the series. "Wallis voices Rumpole with a marvelous cantankerousness... [He] truly understands the lightness of tone needed to raise a witty novel to a level of high entertainment."—AudioFile