The elegant front of Caper Court, the elite barristers' chambers, conceals unexpected emotional turmoil. As QC, Leo Davies' big case of the year is to represent a group of Lloyd's Names. They've staked everything on Leo's performance in court, blissfully unaware of the turmoil in his private life...
This book- got me reading each page like my life and understanding depended on it- and it really did.Story: Anthony Cross (the poor kid who's on scholarship hoping to get tenancy) and Edward Choke (Sir Basil's Nephew- who is lucky to be in a well off family- drinks and knows how to praise people ...
I have been reading Caro Fraser's Caper Court series since she published the first one 'The Pupil' back in 1992. I believe this is the sixth in the series, each one has been about the same main protagonist Leo Davis.I have always enjoyed following the lives of the lawyers at Five Caper Court as ...
The second book of the Caper Court series takes place two years later and focuses on Leo Davies, the gorgeous and enigmatic barrister introduced in the first book as a possible love interest for Anthony Cross.While Anthony was the main character of the first book, he takes a backseat in this stor...
Part of the Caper Court series, this work features Leo Davies QC - charismatic, attractive and sexually ambiguous - who inspires powerful feelings. Feelings that sometimes border on obsession. But Leo is beginning to feel rather jaded by his hedonistic lifestyle. Perhaps what he really needs is -...
Harry Day was a national literary treasure, revered for his poetry, novels and plays. But his personal life has remained something of a mystery. When Adam Downing, a young journalist, is appointed his official biographer, he finds that Harry's life holds an abundance of secrets.
‘Coffee’s on.’‘Thanks. Merry Christmas to you, too.’ She poured herself some coffee. ‘You want a cup?’Leo shook his head. ‘I’m meant to be at Rachel’s in half an hour. Oliver’s putting off opening his presents till I get there.’‘What have you got for him?’‘A Playmobil fire station. Rachel’s got h...
The basket of roses on Valentine’s Day – that he could have dismissed as the silly expression of an over-the-top infatuation. He’d known those before. Even the gift which she’d left with Mrs Gresham yesterday, tiresome though it was, could be dealt with somehow. Throw into the equation the fact t...
The house which Rachel shared with Charles Beecham, and from which she commuted daily to her London office, lay just outside Newbury. It was a comfortable, pretty place built of soft ochre stone, and set in a couple of acres of stone-walled garden. It had an air of solidity, of permanence, and An...
He didn’t seriously believe Roger’s suspicions about Melanie’s confidential reference, and he wasn’t especially concerned about Maurice’s finances – what troubled Leo more was the note of general dissatisfaction which Roger had sounded. He had already noticed an air of general restiveness about t...