Bury Him Darkly
1936 novel
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| Author | Henry Wade |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Poole |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Constable |
Publication date | 1936 |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Constable Guard Thyself |
| Followed by | Lonely Magdalen |
Bury Him Darkly is a 1936 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade.[1] It was the fourth in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Inspector Poole.[2] Along with the following Poole novel, Lonely Magdalen, it marked a shift towards more realistic police procedurals that has been described as pioneering.[3] Superintendent Fraser, who appeared in Wade's fist novel The Verdict of You All, also appears as one of the characters.
Synopsis
A robbery at a jewellers in Bond Street goes wrong, leaving a nightwatchman dead. Police follow up various lines of inquiry.
References
Bibliography
- Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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