Sentence Adjourned will delight the many readers of Paul Genney's first novel, Pleading Guilty, which introduced us to that most unlikely anti-hero, Henry Wallace, an ageing provincial barrister at odds with the world and the legal establishment. Things are looking up for Henry Wallace as his career goes from strength to strength; a major terrorist case at The Old Bailey, a complex and very lucrative civil action, a murder case and even a brief to defend his own Head of Chambers but with his workload considerably reduced by getting a brilliant pupil, Jas, to assist him. As Jas burns the midnight oil on Henry's behalf this allows Henry to give time to his personal life and the search for a lady friend to replace Pauline. But all is not as it seems, and Henry's life is turned upside down and disaster beckons. Sentence Adjourned is a bitter-sweet comedy which asks serious questions about the world we live in without offering any reassuring answers. AUTHOR: Paul Genney worked as a dentist for six years after leaving Bristol University , before becoming a potato merchant. He stood twice, unsuccessfully, for parliament in the 1980s before becoming a criminal barrister. He now divides his time between his homes in Grimsby and London and his chambers in Hull. *
