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Call Mr. Fortune

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First published: 1920
Pages: 143

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The Archduke's Tea
44:16
The Sleeping Companion
61:06
The Nice Girl
48:44
The Efficient Assassin
50:10
The Hottentot Venus
56:04
The Business Minister Phase I and II
35:16
The Business Minister Phase III and IV
48:14
The Business Minister Phase V and VI
27:46

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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.

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H. C. Bailey

H. C. Bailey was an English journalist and crime writer best known for stories featuring the medically trained detective Reggie Fortune. Call Mr. Fortune, published by Methuen in 1920, introduced the character in book form through a collection of cases. Mr.