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Duke of York's Steps

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I just discovered Henry Wade recently. This book was written in
1929 and concerns what was called then "The Glorious Age". I
was born later but I personally wouldnt care to call that age,
glorious-an age that led to the worse depression this country
ever had. This one is about a wealthy financier in London who
is asked to join a new corporation that is newly forming.
The corporation supposedly needs him on their board as he is
known and respected over all London. He is not completely sure
he wants to join it but studies over their records. He is
elderly and has been in not too good health in the past year.
Some of the board of the new corporation he is considering
do not want him on the board; the chairman of the board had
served with the financier in the 1st world war (one that was
known as the war to end all wars; that didnt work out very well
either). One day the financier and a close banker friend are
walking down the steps which was known as the Duke of York's
Steps when all of a sudden the financier falls to the ground
trying to hold on to the banker friend's coat. After being
taken home, he died and it was ruled an accident. what caused
the fall was a man rushing down the steps bumped into him.
It was ruled an accident. The financier had 2 children in their
20's and the daughter wasnt completely satisfied with the
court's ruling She though that at least the man who had
bumped into her father could have called and offered sympathy
and apology(remember this was the 20's where for the most
part people would care enough to find out how the person was
whereas now, to many people not living in that era would be
astonished that she would expect the man to cal- a sad
comment on our times). A Detective is assigned to the case.
The investigation I thought wasnt up to par. Perhaps this was
one of the author's earlier books. Still if you cannot find
the book you want to read, you could do worse than trying this one..