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Too Soon to Die

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Too Soon to Die
First edition (UK)
AuthorHenry Wade
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector Poole
GenreDetective
PublisherConstable (UK)
Macmillan Inc. (US)
Publication date
1953
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byLonely Magdalen 
Followed byGold Was Our Grave 

Too Soon to Die is a 1953 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade.[1][2] It was the sixth in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Inspector Poole, published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It followed a thirteen year gap since the publication of the previous novel Lonely Magdalen.

Synopsis

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Colonel Jerrod and his son concoct an ingenious plan as part of an attempt to save their country estate from crippling death duties. After an apparent boating accident the Inland Revenue investigate before Poole, now a Chief Inspector, arrives on the scene

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.1423
  2. ^ Herbert p.205

Bibliography

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  • Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.