His mother died four days after his birth, and his father remarried Helen Mary Scott (1882–1959) when the twins were four.
He first used his own name on the 1943 psychological thriller Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper,[6] which got considerable critical attention in wartime Britain.
In 1948, film actor Gene Raymond obtained the screen rights to it, according to the New York Daily News.
[7] Following the success of Mr Bowling, his book The Announcers (written under the pen-name D.H. Landels), was published by Collins Crime Club with the new title A Voice Like Velvet.
[14] Henderson's career was cut short when he contracted lung cancer and died in Chelsea, London.