Nicholas Goade, Detective

E. Phillips Oppenheim was a popular 20th century writer best known for penning suspenseful thriller novels like The Mystery of Mr.

• Bernard Brown.
• Many of his more than 100 novels are still read today.

• Nicholas Goade, Detective is a collection of short mysteries about a Scotland Yard detective on holiday.
• As he travels across England with his dog in his old car, he keeps stumbling across little mysteries.

His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions. Its a cross between a classic police procedural and a 1930s update of Sherlock Holmes, with Goade solving odd cases through a combination of careful detective work, leaps of intuition, and his ability to understand and communicate with people.