H. C. BAILEY:

This is Bailey's output, with year of publication, alternate titles (if any), Swedish titles, and the detective of the story. Nos. 35-39 are short stories that have not been collected.

RF = Reggie Fortune
JC = Joshua Clunk


  1. A GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE 1907 (Raoul: Gentleman of fortune)

    1. The blood money
    2. The children of Leyden
    3. Raoul's dinner
    4. Raoul's first love
    5. Raoul's hosts
    6. Raoul's intentions
    7. Raoul's moustachios
    8. Raoul's name
    9. Raoul's professor
    10. Raoul's queen
    11. Raoul's suits

  2. CALL MR. FORTUNE 1920
    (RF)

    1. The Archduke's tea
    2. The sleeping companion
    3. The nice girl
    4. The efficient assassin
    5. The Hottentot Venus
    6. The Business Minister

  3. MR. FORTUNE'S PRACTICE 1923
    (RF)

    1. The Ascot tragedy
    2. The President of San Jacinto
    3. The young doctor (The superfluous clues)
    4. The magic stone
    5. The snowball burglary
    6. The leading lady
    7. The unknown murderer

  4. MR. FORTUNE'S TRIALS 1925
    (RF)

    1. The furnished cottage
    2. The young god
    3. The only son
    4. The hermit crab
    5. The long barrow
    6. The profiteers

  5. MR. FORTUNE, PLEASE 1928
    (RF)

    1. The missing husband
    2. The cat burglar
    3. The lion party
    4. The violet farm
    5. The quiet lady
    6. The little house
      Det lilla huset

  6. GARSTONS 1930 (The Garston murder case)
    (JC)

  7. MR. FORTUNE SPEAKING 1930
    (RF)

    1. The zodiac (The affair of the zodiacs)
    2. The cat's milk
    3. The pink macaw
    4. The hazel ice
    5. The painted pebbles
    6. The woman in the wood
    7. The German song
    8. The lion fish

  8. MR. FORTUNE EXPLAINS 1930
    (RF)

    1. The picnic
    2. The little milliner
    3. The wedding ring
    4. The football photograph
    5. The rock garden
    6. The silver cross
    7. The bicycle lamp
    8. The face in the picture

  9. THE RED CASTLE 1932 (The red castle mystery)
    (JC)

  10. CASE FOR MR. FORTUNE 1932
    (RF)

    1. The Greek play
    2. The mountain meadow
    3. The pair of spectacles
    4. A bunch of grapes
    5. The sported oak
    6. The oak gall
    7. The little dog
    8. The walrus ivory

  11. THE MAN IN THE CAPE 1933
    (RF)

  12. MR. FORTUNE WONDERS 1933
    (RF)

    1. The cigarette case
    2. The yellow diamonds
    3. The lilies of St. Gabriel's
    4. The Gypsy Moth
    5. The fairy circle
    6. The oleander flowers
    7. The love bird
    8. The old Bible

  13. SHADOW ON THE WALL 1934
    Skuggan på väggen
    (RF)

  14. THE SULLEN SKY MYSTERY 1935
    (JC)

  15. MR. FORTUNE OBJECTS 1935
    (RF)

    1. The broken toad
    2. The angel's eye
    3. The little finger
    4. The three bears
    5. The long dinner
    6. The yellow slugs
      De gula sniglarna

  16. A CLUE FOR MR. FORTUNE 1936
    (RF)

    1. The torn stocking
    2. The swimming pool
    3. The hole in the parchment
    4. The holy well
    5. The wistful goddess
    6. The dead leaves

  17. BLACK LAND, WHITE LAND 1937
    (RF)

  18. CLUNK'S CLAIMANT 1937 (The twittering bird mystery)
    (JC/RF)

  19. THIS IS MR. FORTUNE 1938
    (RF)

    1. The yellow cloth
    2. The children's home
    3. The lizard's tail
    4. The cowslip ball
    5. The burnt tout
    6. The key of the door

  20. THE GREAT GAME 1939
    (RF/JC)

  21. THE VERON MYSTERY 1939 (Mr. Clunk's text)
    (JC/RF)

  22. THE BISHOP'S CRIME 1940
    (RF)

  23. MR. FORTUNE HERE 1940
    (RF)

    1. The brown paper
    2. The bottle party
    3. The fight for the crown
    4. The blue paint
    5. The point of the knife
    6. The primrose petals
    7. The spider's web
      Spindelväven
    8. The gilded girls
    9. The bird in the cellar

  24. THE LITTLE CAPTAIN 1941 (Orphan Ann)
    (JC)

  25. DEAD MAN'S SHOES 1942 (Nobody's vineyard)
    (JC)

  26. NO MURDER 1942 (The apprehensive dog)
    (RF)

  27. MR. FORTUNE FINDS A PIG 1943
    (RF)

  28. SLIPPERY ANN 1944 (The queen of spades)
    (JC)

  29. THE CAT'S WHISKER 1944 (Dead man's effects)
    (RF)

  30. THE WRONG MAN 1945
    (RF/JC)

  31. THE LIFE SENTENCE 1946
    Dunkelt förflutet
    (RF)

  32. HONOUR AMONG THIEVES 1947 (Deadly secret)
    (JC)

  33. SAVING A ROPE 1948 (Save a rope)
    (RF)

  34. SHROUDED DEATH 1950
    (JC)





  35. The country cottage 1921

  36. A good place 1922

  37. Mr. Bowley's Sunday evening 1939
    Bowleys söndagskväll

  38. The thistle down 1939

  39. Victoria Pumphrey 1939 (A matter of speculation)



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