The original Anthony Rathe stories of courtroom criminal cases appeared on American public radio, syndicated by the late Jim French through his
Imagination Theater
.
When Anthony Rathe Investigates
continues where the radio stories finished. Prosecuting criminal cases,
barrister Anthony Rathe
convinced a jury to imprison an innocent man, who subsequently took his own life. Horrified at his mistake, Rathe abandons his glittering legal career, vowing to truly serve justice. A series of cases come his way. These four stories, linked by how Rathe is racked with guilt over the suicide, explore crime from a different angle: determination to find the truth, no matter how inconvenient to the investigating officer,
Inspector Cook
. The reader is invited to join Rathe in solving these complex mysteries. The first story,
Burial for the Dead
, exposes sordid family history that led to a murder in a church. In
A Question of Proof
, Inspector Cook needs Rathe to unravel an underworld murder; in
Ties that Bind
Rathe solves a crime of passion; and in
The Quick and the Dead
, modern slavery intrudes into his own personal life.