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  • The Missing Partners

    by Henry Wade ...
    When two prominent business partners vanish without a trace from their thriving London firm, their disappearance sends shockwaves through the corridors of power and respectability. What begins as a puzzling absence quickly transforms into something far more sinister when their abandoned office reveals signs of struggle and their personal effects remain untouched. Detective Inspector Poole finds ... Read more

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  • The Verdict of You All. Illustrated

    by Henry Wade ...
    Originally published in 1926, The Verdict of You All marked the debut of Henry Wade, one of the most respected authors of the Golden Age of detective fiction. A masterful blend of legal drama, psychological insight, and traditional detective investigation, the novel immediately established Wade as a writer of seriousness and skill. The story opens with the murder of Sir Robert Fyfe, a prominent ... Read more

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  • The Duke of York's Steps

    by Henry Wade ...
    First published in 1929, now public domain in the US and Canada, this was the first in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Chief Inspector Poole, published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It is notable for its portrayal of a German Jewish character, a banker who seeks revenge and wants to murder someone for his mistreatment. It was well-received by critics and sold well ... Read more

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  • The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement

    Woman Suffrage and Politics, Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment

    by Carrie Chapman Catt, Nettie Rogers Shuler, Mary Sumner Boyd, Henry Wade Rogers ...
    Throughout the suffrage struggle, America's history, principles and traditions stood forth to indicate the inevitability of woman suffrage, to suggest that it would normally be the first country in the world to give the vote to women. Yet the years went by, decade followed decade, and twenty-sixother countries gave the vote to their women while America delayed. Why the delay? It is a question that ... Read more

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  • The Duke of York's steps

    by Henry Wade ...
    Henry Wade's "The Duke of York's Steps" intricately weaves a tapestry of suspense, intrigue, and social commentary set against the backdrop of post-World War I England. The novel is marked by Wade's sharp prose and attention to psychological depth, creating multifaceted characters whose lives intersect in unexpected ways. The narrative unfolds with a sense of foreboding, as the protagonist ... Read more

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  • The Floating Admiral

    by The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesterton, Canon Victor L. Whitechurch, G. D. H., M. Cole, Henry Wade, John Rhode, Milward Kennedy, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar Jepson, Clemence Dane, Anthony Berkeley ...
    Series series The Detection Club
    It's "great fun" when a baker's dozen of Golden Age authors collaborate on a whodunit—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton ( The Guardian).Originally published in 1931, The Floating Admiral is a classic literary collaboration by members of the Detection Club, in which each chapter is written by a different mystery author, with G. K. Chesterton adding a prologue after ... Read more

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  • No Friendly Drop

    by Henry Wade ...
    “No Friendly Drop” (1931) by Henry Wade. At first it seems that Lord Henry Grayle has taken an overdose of sleeping medicine, but the autopsy reveals a tiny amount of scopolamine along with the draught—harmless in itself, but fatal when mixed... A poisoner with apparently expert knowledge is at work in the great house at Tassart. But from what motive, and how? Before he can find an answer to these ... Read more

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  • The Hanging Captain

    by Henry Wade ...
    First published in the US in 1932 by Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York. Sir Herbert Sterron is found dead, hanging by the neck from a curtain cord. He had good reason to want to kill himself, so nobody is unduly surprised. But then hints of foul play start to emerge: Sterron's wife, Griselda, was desperately unhappy with the marriage; and shocking evidence is uncovered that incriminates not just the ... Read more

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  • Heir Presumptive

    by Henry Wade ...
    Eustace Hendel, head of the younger branch of a rich and titled family, suddenly realizes that, as the result of a holiday accident, the question of the succession to the entailed estates holds more than just academic interest for him. Eustace is in financial difficulties, and in love; all his problems would be solved were he himself heir presumptive to old Lord Barradys. Other members of the ... Read more

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  • Constable Guard Thyself!

    by Henry Wade ...
    First published in the US in 1934 by Houghton Mifflin. Two threats from a newly released convict - a poacher framed on a murder charge - put Captain Scole, Chief Constable of Brodshire, on his guard. Special men are assigned to protect him. But four days later, Captain Scole is found shot through the head at his desk in Police Headquarters. A full week later, young Inspector Poole of Scotland Yard ... Read more

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  • A Dying Fall

    by Henry Wade ...
    ''A Dying Fall'' centers on Captain Charles Rathlyn, a down-on-his-luck racehorse trainer. After betting everything on his prize horse, Silver Eagle, and losing the race, he faces financial ruin. He is subsequently hired by Kate Wyngold—the wealthy widow who owned the winning horse—to manage her racing stables. The two eventually marry, creating a comfortable country life for Charles, though it ... Read more

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  • The Floating Admiral (The Detection Club). Illustrated

    by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesterton, Canon Victor L. Whitechurch, G. D. H., M. Cole, Henry Wade, John Rhode, Milward Kennedy, Ronald A. Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar Jepson, Clemence Dane, Anthony Berkeley ...
    The Floating Admiral (The Detection Club). Illustrated Edition is a landmark of classic British detective fiction and a unique literary experiment created by the celebrated members of the Detection Club, a society of the genre’s finest writers. When the body of an unknown man is discovered drifting in a small boat along a quiet English river, what seems at first a simple mystery quickly unfolds ... Read more

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