Because it was seized from the Knights Templar within the 14th century, the Internal Temple in London has housed acolytes of a special type: males (and finally ladies) who function advocates of the legislation. Sally Smith spent her authorized profession—and now’s spending her retirement—contained in the 15 acres that comprise the Internal Temple, now one of many 4 Inns of Court docket.
Smith has beforehand written non-fiction books about historic crimes and authorized figures. When she determined to show her hand to writing fiction, the acquainted setting of the Internal Temple was the right setting for her new thriller novel, A Case of Mice and Males.
Set in 1901, mere months after the demise of Queen Victoria, A Case of Mice and Males introduces a brand new (and really reluctant) sleuth to the literary scene. Sir Gabriel Ward KC is happiest both when holed up in his Internal Temple lodgings together with his books, or when making a compelling case in entrance of the Excessive Court docket judges. A solitary, specific and cerebral man, Ward shouldn’t be searching for pleasure past the mental. However he finds it early one morning when he journeys over the physique of the Lord Chief Justice of England, which has been left on the doorstep of his skilled chambers.
The traditional privileges afforded to the Internal Temple imply that no policeman is allowed to enter with out permission, and an aghast Ward is advised he’ll conduct the investigation himself or be prone to being kicked out of his lodgings. Unused to the world outdoors the Temple partitions, or of conversing with any ladies aside from his previous nanny or his mom, Ward should stretch himself to find who killed Lord Norman Dunning.
All of the whereas, Ward can be wrestling with a knotty authorized subject involving the rights to a bestselling kids’s e-book, and might want to train all his expertise on behalf of his consumer, the writer of Millie the Temple Church Mouse. Written by a mysterious writer, the e-book has been a runaway success, bringing throngs of kids to the Temple Church and spawning toys, video games and an American publishing deal. Now that the writer has reportedly surfaced and is demanding her share of the cash and management of the mental property, what is going to occur to Millie the Temple Church Mouse?
On this episode of the Fashionable Legislation Library, Smith and the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles focus on the launch of this new sequence, which can comprise a minimum of three books following Ward’s adventures. Smith describes her personal profession as a barrister, and why she selected to set the sequence initially of the Edwardian period. She additionally discusses the problems of sophistication, gender and the complicated world inside the partitions of the Internal Temple.
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