(Henry Christopher Bailey was an English author of detective fiction. Bailey wrote mainly short stories featuring a medically-qualified detective called Reggie Fortune. Fortune's mannerisms and speech put him into the same class as Lord Peter Wimsey but the stories are much darker, and often involve murderous obsession, police corruption, financial skulduggery, child abuse and miscarriages of justice. Although Mr Fortune is seen at his best in short stories, he also appears in several novels.
A second series character, Josiah Clunk, is a sanctimonious lawyer who exposes corruption and blackmail in local politics, and who manages to profit from the crimes. He appears in eleven novels published between 1930 and 1950, including The Sullen Sky Mystery (1935), widely regarded as Bailey's magnum opus.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Mr. Fortune
Call Mr. Fortune (1919)
Mr. Fortune's Practice (1923)
Mr. Fortune's Trials (1925)
Mr. Fortune, Please (1928)
Mr. Fortune Speaking (1929)
Mr. Fortune Explains (1930)
Case for Mr. Fortune (1932)
Mr. Fortune Wonders (1933)
Shadow on the Wall (1934)
Mr. Fortune Objects (1935)
A Clue for Mr. Fortune (1936)
Mr. Fortune's Case Book (omnibus) (1936)
Black Land, White Land (1937)
This Is Mr. Fortune (1938)
The Great Game (1939)
The Bishop's Crime (1940)
Mr. Fortune Here (1940)
The Best of Mr. Fortune (1942)
Meet Mr. Fortune (1942)
No Murder (1942)
aka The Apprehensive Dog
Mr. Fortune Finds a Pig (1943)
The Cat's Whisker (1944)
aka Dead Man's Effects
The Life Sentence (1946)
Saving a Rope (1948)
Call Mr. Fortune (1919)
Mr. Fortune's Practice (1923)
Mr. Fortune's Trials (1925)
Mr. Fortune, Please (1928)
Mr. Fortune Speaking (1929)
Mr. Fortune Explains (1930)
Case for Mr. Fortune (1932)
Mr. Fortune Wonders (1933)
Shadow on the Wall (1934)
Mr. Fortune Objects (1935)
A Clue for Mr. Fortune (1936)
Mr. Fortune's Case Book (omnibus) (1936)
Black Land, White Land (1937)
This Is Mr. Fortune (1938)
The Great Game (1939)
The Bishop's Crime (1940)
Mr. Fortune Here (1940)
The Best of Mr. Fortune (1942)
Meet Mr. Fortune (1942)
No Murder (1942)
aka The Apprehensive Dog
Mr. Fortune Finds a Pig (1943)
The Cat's Whisker (1944)
aka Dead Man's Effects
The Life Sentence (1946)
Saving a Rope (1948)
Mr. Clunk
Garstons (1930)
aka The Garston Murder Case
The Red Castle (1932)
The Sullen Sky Mystery (1935)
Clunk's Claimant (1937)
aka The Twittering Bird Mystery
The Veron Mystery (1939)
aka Mr. Clunk's Text
The Little Captain (1941)
aka Orphan Ann
Dead Man's Shoes (1942)
aka Nobody's Vineyard
Slippery Ann (1944)
aka The Queen of Spades
The Wrong Man (1946)
Honour Among Thieves (1947)
Shrouded Death (1950)
Garstons (1930)
aka The Garston Murder Case
The Red Castle (1932)
The Sullen Sky Mystery (1935)
Clunk's Claimant (1937)
aka The Twittering Bird Mystery
The Veron Mystery (1939)
aka Mr. Clunk's Text
The Little Captain (1941)
aka Orphan Ann
Dead Man's Shoes (1942)
aka Nobody's Vineyard
Slippery Ann (1944)
aka The Queen of Spades
The Wrong Man (1946)
Honour Among Thieves (1947)
Shrouded Death (1950)
Anthologies containing stories by H C Bailey
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
The Mystery Book (1934)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
Stories of Crime and Detection (1983)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
The Mystery Book (1934)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
Stories of Crime and Detection (1983)
Short stories
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