Too Soon to Die

First edition (UK)
Author	Henry Wade
Language	English
Series	Inspector Poole
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Constable (UK) Macmillan Inc. (US)
Publication date	1953
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Lonely Magdalen
Followed by	Gold Was Our Grave

Too Soon to Die is a 1953 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade.^[1][2] It was the sixth in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Inspector Poole, published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It followed a thirteen year gap since the publication of the previous novel Lonely Magdalen.

Colonel Jerrod and his son concoct an ingenious plan as part of an attempt to save their country estate from crippling death duties. After an apparent boating accident the Inland Revenue investigate before Poole, now a Chief Inspector, arrives on the scene

• Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

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