Henry Wade was the pseudonym of Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher (1887-1969), English writer and baronet, who created the character of Inspector John Poole.Wade was born in Surrey and educated at Eton and Oxford. He served in both world wars as a Grenadier Guard. The Wade pseudonym was taken from his mother's maiden name. Wade wrote both traditional and inverted mysteries, and published stories in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.He was one of the leading authors during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and authored over 20 novels.The English writer Timoty John Binyon said if his fellow crime writer. . . ". . . there can be no doubt that Wade is one of the outstanding authors not only of the thirties, but also of the immediate post-war period. His novels are varied in plot and situation; they have wit, and his style is forceful and elegant."