tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post479372243707635449..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - Lonely MagdalenMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-49746334201858110962016-10-13T07:12:06.833+01:002016-10-13T07:12:06.833+01:00Another point. Henry Wade, who served a magistrat...Another point. Henry Wade, who served a magistrate, and as Sheriff in his county, doesn't get nearly the credit he deserves for being a pioneer of the police procedural, years before DRAGNET, J.J. Marric's Gideon, or Ed McBain's 87th Precinct. The police work conducted by Inspector Poole, and by cops in Wade's other stories and novels, is thoroughly convincing, and Poole, despite his unlikely "gentleman detective," background, is a thoroughly believable professional cop, created by a writer who was clearly familiar, perhaps not at first-hand, but certainly by personal observation, with the profession.JIM DOHERTYhttps://www.facebook.com/ProSeProductions/posts/239946926207305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-81735845733005770332013-12-01T21:43:24.290+00:002013-12-01T21:43:24.290+00:00I so agree, Anon. He was much more of an innovator...I so agree, Anon. He was much more of an innovator than has been recognised and it would be great to see all his work back in print.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-19780754429659077552013-11-29T21:56:15.963+00:002013-11-29T21:56:15.963+00:00This is certainly a first-rate book. Wade strikes ...This is certainly a first-rate book. Wade strikes me as being one of the few authors in the mystery field who actually writes adult novels which are also fair play mysteries. His continued neglect amazes me. It took me a long time to collect all the Poole novels. Maybe some enterprising publisher like Ramble House can be induced to do the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com