Sir Garth Fratten, a powerful banker, is bumped by a stranger on the Duke of York’s Steps in London and dies soon after. Inspector John Poole of Scotland Yard, an Oxford-educated policeman, investigates the Victory Finance Company, the family’s quarrels and an inquest, sifting witnesses who swear to a voice that was not quite a gentleman’s.
The debut of Henry Wade’s Inspector Poole, a carefully plotted Golden Age police novel. Download the free EPUB.