That Yew Tree's Shade

Gordon Clark was a county judge at the time of the novel's compositionWhen Francis Pettigrew, former barrister and sometime amateur detective, is plucked out of peaceful retirement in the Home Counties to deputise for the County Court judge, the proceedings offer him some unexpected insights into the lives of his new neighbours.

Gordon Clark era judecator la momentul compunerii romanului. Cand Francis Pettigrew, fost avocat pledant si uneori detectiv amator, este scos din linistita pensie din Home Counties pentru a-l inlocui pe judecatorul de la Tribunalul Judetean, procedurile ii ofera perspective neasteptate asupra vietii noilor sai vecini.