Call Mr. Fortune

Reggie Fortune makes his debut in these six cases as a young doctor with a taste for good food, idle talk, and problems the police cannot solve. Called in as a medical expert, he reads a corpse or a crime scene the way others read a book, and his lazy, amiable manner hides a mind that misses nothing. The stories range from a vanished heir to a quiet poisoning to political intrigue around a wounded archduke, each turning on the small physical clue that only Fortune thinks to notice. Bailey’s detective went on to become one of the most popular figures of Golden Age crime fiction, and this first collection shows why. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.