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Mystery

Call Mr. Fortune

by H. C. Bailey

A medically-qualified detective tackles mysteries ranging from a failed assassination to incidents at an all-girls school.

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First published
1921
Length
53,951 words
Reading time
About 3 hr 45 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Call Mr. Fortune is the first set of short stories featuring Reggie Fortune, a detective who solves mysteries using his medical talent and “unequaled sanity of judgment.” The first case finds him suspecting that his patient might have been a victim of a failed assassination. In “The Hottentot Venus,” Mr. Fortune’s investigation into some incidents at his acquaintance’s all-girls school leads him into a predicament; meanwhile, what seems to be an ordinary leak scandal in “The Business Minister” is soon complicated by the discovery of a dead body, which seems to be unrelated to the leak, yet holds the key to the truth. Each of the cases in the collection characterizes Mr. Fortune as not only an extraordinary detective, but also an excellent doctor.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 53,951 words arranged in 6 navigable sections.

The verified source record dates the work’s first publication to 1921. The recorded original language is English.

About the author

H. C. Bailey

H. C. Bailey (1878–1961) is described by Wikidata as English writer (1878–1961), with citizenship or national association recorded as United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Recorded occupations include writer and children's writer. Languages recorded for H. C. Bailey include British English. Open Library identifies Call Mr. Fortune as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 71 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Call Mr. Fortune under H. C. Bailey's authorship.

1878–1961

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Themes and ideas

  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Forensic scientists

Table of contents

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  1. Case I
  2. Case II
  3. Case III
  4. Case IV
  5. Case V
  6. Case VI
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