A Dying Fall - Softcover

Wade, Henry

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ISBN 10: 0060805439 ISBN 13: 9780060805432

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1981

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The sudden death of Mrs. Charles Rathlyn, who falls fatally over a bannister, coupled with her husband's newfound love affair leads police constable John Netterly to suspect foul play

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'One of the best and soundest detective writers' Dorothy L. Sayers, Sunday Times

About the Author:

Henry Wade was the pen name of Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, CVO DSO, 6th Baronet and Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1954 to 1961). Aubrey-Fletcher was the only son and second child of Sir Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 5th Baronet, and Emily Harriet Wade. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford, and fought in both the First World War and Second World War with the Grenadier Guards, and in 1917 was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and French Croix de guerre. He married Mary Augusta Chilton in 1911 and they had five children. He was a member of Buckinghamshire County Council and was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1925. He played Minor counties cricket between 1921 and 1928 for Buckinghamshire. A noted mystery writer, his stories were published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and he was a founding member of the Detection Club.

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