{{Short description|1980 novel by John Mortimer}} {{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject Books --> | name = Rumpole's Return | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:RumpolesReturn.jpg | caption = First edition | author = John Mortimer | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = Rumpole of the Bailey | genre = legal | publisher = Penguin Books | release_date = 1980 | media_type = | pages = | isbn = | dewey= | congress= | oclc= | followed_by = }} '''''Rumpole's Return''''' is a 1980 novel by John Mortimer about the defence barrister Horace Rumpole.<ref>[http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/rumpole.html Horace Rumpole] at Thrilling Detectives</ref> It was based on a script for a two-hour Rumpole telemovie of the same name.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296838/ ''Rumpole's Return''] at IMDb</ref>

The plot concerns Rumpole coming out of retirement in Florida to work on a case.

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Category:Works by John Mortimer Category:1980 short story collections