The Painswick Line (Mr. Tewkesbury)

Lucy Meeson-Smith works at a big bookmakers and is always backing winners. Her employers become suspicious and take her to court for fraud. At her trial it is revealed that her father, a vicar , studies form and is a brilliant tipster though he never bets himself. The judge in the case, Mr Justice Painswick has a thoroughly caddish son who is deeply in debt. These personalities are brought together in a lively and unexpected way in this witty, upbeat novel.