The Verdict of You All
Published on 28. July 2016
240 pages
978-1-4719-1844-5 (ISBN)
Description
Geoffrey Hastings is doing very well for himself: having survived the Great War, he is not only working for wealthy financier Sir John Smethurst but is engaged to his daughter, Emily. Hastings has a rival for Emily's affections in the form of Samuel McCorquodale, a successful businessman and both friend and rival of Sir John, and there is no love lost between the two men.
Then Sir John is found murdered, and suspicion falls on Hastings until an unexpected alibi sets him free.
But who did murder Sir John? Layer after layer of deception is peeled away until the shocking truth emerges . . .
Then Sir John is found murdered, and suspicion falls on Hastings until an unexpected alibi sets him free.
But who did murder Sir John? Layer after layer of deception is peeled away until the shocking truth emerges . . .
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
ISBN-13
978-1-4719-1844-5 (9781471918445)
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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.
