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The High Sheriff
First edition (UK)
AuthorHenry Wade
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective
PublisherConstable
Publication date
1937
Media typePrint

The High Sheriff is a 1937 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade.[1] Wade was a writer of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, best known for his series featuring Inspector Poole.[2] This was one of a number of stand-alone novels he wrote, structured as a partially inverted detective story.

  1. ^ Reilly p.1422
  2. ^ Magill p.1666-1667

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