H.C. Bailey's Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

by Laird R. Blackwell

H.C. Bailey's detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories that were published from 1920 to 1940 where he truly shone, combining elements of several popular archetypes--the eccentric logician, the forensic investigator, the hard-boiled interrogator, the psychological profiler, the defender of justice. This critical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476670692
• ISBN13: 9781476670690
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher