Henry Wade Books in Order

When a wealthy financier is murdered in his London study, Inspector Dobson and Superintendent Fraser are called to investigate. The case draws in business rivalry, family tensions, and a suspect whose apparent alibi makes the search far more difficult.

Two cousins who run a Liverpool shipping business disappear at the same time, then one is found dead on a mudflat. Though police suspect the surviving partner has fled abroad, colleagues begin their own search for the truth.

Wealthy banker Sir Garth Fratten dies suddenly on the Duke of York’s Steps, apparently from a natural aneurysm. His daughter doubts the explanation, and Inspector John Poole enters a world of finance, deception, and compromised loyalties.

After Alderman Trant publicly accuses the mayor of corruption, he is stabbed with his own knife and leaves only the letters “MA” behind. Local police and Scotland Yard pursue competing theories as civic grudges and secrets emerge.

Sir Herbert Sterron is found hanging from a curtain cord, and suicide seems plausible at first. Evidence soon points to murder, drawing suspicion toward his unhappy wife, the county sheriff, and a priest in a case with serious consequences.

In a Norfolk coastal village, Hilary Pansel is drawn toward visiting novelist Dallas Fiennes as her artist husband grows jealous. When Fiennes is found dead, John Pansel becomes the obvious suspect in a tense domestic crime story.

A collection of thirteen crime stories, including seven cases for Inspector John Poole. The tales range from careful police inquiries to standalone puzzles, showing Wade’s interest in forensic detail, deduction, and the everyday work behind an arrest.

A recently released convict threatens Captain Scole, Chief Constable of Brodshire, but protection fails when Scole is shot in his own headquarters. Inspector John Poole arrives to face a cold trail and hostile local police.

Sir Robert D'Arcy has spent years haunted by his wartime surrender, until a stranger threatens to expose it for money. When tragedy follows, the Brackenshire police face a case complicated by rank, reputation, and reluctance to investigate the powerful.

This short-story collection follows ambitious PC John Bragg as he handles crimes in town and country. Murder, robbery, fraud, arson, and espionage test both his instincts and his hope of rising through the police force.

Two prisoners leave Hadestone Prison carrying old grudges into the outside world. When a former guard is murdered during a bank crime, Chief Inspector Holby must untangle the men’s pasts before violence reaches their families.

A woman is found strangled on Hampstead Heath, apparently a prostitute from Kentish Town. Inspector Poole traces her past from witness statements and small clues, uncovering the respectable life she once had and the people connected to it.

A series of murders shakes Great Norne, a close-knit East Anglian harbour town with a long memory. Chief Inspector Myrtle must uncover the secrets surrounding an old suicide before resentment and revenge claim more victims.

Diplomat Aylwin Hundrych is being blackmailed over letters connected to a dangerous breach of confidence from his past. He turns to an ex-commando for help, but divided loyalties and a rival romance make the situation even riskier.

After a gangster escapes the death penalty for killing his policeman friend, Detective Constable Henry Campion believes a second killer remains free. Going undercover in a King's Cross nightclub takes him into gangland and toward a dangerous personal attachment.

Financially desperate Eustace Hendel sees a sudden chance to inherit a title and estate. As he considers removing relatives who stand in his way, he discovers that he is not the only family member with plans for the succession.

With only months to live, Colonel Jerrod needs to protect the family estate from punishing death duties. A complicated fraud and a supposed boating accident bring Chief Inspector Poole into a case where money, family, and timing all matter.

After surviving a suspicious car crash, Hector Berrenton receives a message tied to a failed Bolivian goldmine. Chief Inspector John Poole finds old fraud accusations, ruined investors, and a campaign of revenge that is turning deadly.

Charles Rathlyn falls for another woman while living comfortably with his wealthy wife, Kate. When Kate dies after a fall at home, an investigation into blackmail, marriage, and the sporting set asks whether it was truly an accident.

A newspaper owner in a northern seaside town receives threatening letters, then his ten-year-old son is kidnapped for ransom. The police must work carefully through the family’s business, enemies, and every lead before the trail goes cold.