In the suburbs of London, a remarkable detective fights for the underdog When father is away, Reggie Fortune is left in charge of his quiet country medical practice. A young doctor with a sluggish work ethic and a passion for sweets, Fortune is at his happiest when tending to an old man's illness or curing a poor boy's broken leg. When a call comes in alerting Fortune that the archduke has been found unconscious in the road, he hurries no more than he would for a regular patient. But as he discovers when he inspects the lord, this is a most irregular case. The archduke lives—but another man has been murdered in his name. This collection of six puzzling stories introduced the world to Reggie Fortune, a remarkable detective whose rotund frame conceals a razor-sharp mind and a fighting spirit. A true champion of the oppressed, Fortune will never let a murderer escape justice—whether his victim was royalty or the lowest of the low. Ths ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Mr Fortune Explains By H. C. Bailey Narrated by Graham Scott HC Bailey's sixth collection of eight golden-age mysteries for the eclectic surgeon-detective Mr Reginald Fortune. Including a child kidnapped from a picnic; a milliner's assistant vanishing from home without a word to her friends; a strange visit, followed by a violent attack on Mr Fortune himself; a raid on a jeweler's shop, and the theft of a photograph; an ill-situated rock garden, and a haunted man; a rigidly saintly clergyman suspected of a trivial theft; a dead policeman and a broken bicycle lamp; and a curiously disturbing picture in the Paris salon...

Eight mystery cases for this relatively obscure '30s sleuth.

This 1939 Sun Dial Press edition has six Reggie Fortune mysteries.

A Reggie Fortune novel.

Mr. Fortune finds a Pig, by Bailey, H.C.

Viattomalta näyttävä kissanpennun katoaminen johtaa teräväsilmäisen mr. Fortunen penkomaan erään hiljaisen talon asioita ja sieltä nouseekin tutkijan eteen mitä hämmästyttävimpiä tapahtumia.

"First printing November, 1942." Contents: The cat's milk. The bicycle lamp. The face in the picture. The quiet lady. The picnic. The furnished cottage. The young doctor. The long barrow. The only son. The magic stone. The Ascot tragedy. The unknown murderer. All the stories are drawn from the early Fortune collections: Mr. Fortune's Practice (1923), Mr. Fortune's Trials (1925), Mr. Fortune, Please (1928), Mr. Fortune Speaking (1929), and Mr Fortune Explains (1930).