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A review by hannahstohelit
Call Mr. Fortune by H.C. Bailey
medium-paced
4.0
REREAD
This was the third or fourth Reggie Fortune collection I ever read, but in retrospect I'm unsurprised that it was the first one written- the stories are a bit more conventional, with the unconventional ones leaning more toward ridiculous (Hottentot Venus) than dark and compelling, as some of his later stories do. The best/most interesting of them is probably The Business Minister. Still giving them a 4 because I enjoy Reggie Fortune and these were still a fun read, even if I did kind of wish I were later in the run, but I wouldn't go higher than that. Also, even if the stories can be conventional, Fortune himself still has an interesting turn of mind and action.
This was the third or fourth Reggie Fortune collection I ever read, but in retrospect I'm unsurprised that it was the first one written- the stories are a bit more conventional, with the unconventional ones leaning more toward ridiculous (Hottentot Venus) than dark and compelling, as some of his later stories do. The best/most interesting of them is probably The Business Minister. Still giving them a 4 because I enjoy Reggie Fortune and these were still a fun read, even if I did kind of wish I were later in the run, but I wouldn't go higher than that. Also, even if the stories can be conventional, Fortune himself still has an interesting turn of mind and action.