Call Mr Fortune

Call the doctor who solves crimes!

When a call comes in alerting Fortune that the archduke has been found unconscious on 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 beginning with the case above introduced the world to Reggie Fortune, a remarkable detective whose rotund frame conceals a razor-sharp mind. And Fortune will get his man.

This book also introduces the other staples: Detective Lomas of the yard whom Fortune constantly upstages, his superior, Inspector (later Superintendent) Bell, his chauffeur Sam, and the future Mrs. Fortune.