 UK First edition | |
| Author | Cyril Hare |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Francis Pettigrew |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber MacMillan (US) |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | That Yew Tree's Shade |
He Should Have Died Hereafter is a 1958 detective novel by the British writer Cyril Hare.[1] [2] It is the fifth and last in his series featuring amateur detective Francis Pettigrew, a retired barrister. It also features an appearance of Inspector Mallet, a former officer of Scotland Yard who had last appeared in the author's With a Bare Bodkin (1946).[3] It was published in the United States by MacMillan under the alternative title Untimely Death.[4]