By Laird R. Blackwell
This severe research examines the Fortune tales within the context of alternative renowned detective fiction of the period. Bailey’s classics are wonderful via well-clued puzzles, very good sleuthing, bright description and social critique, with Fortune evoking pictures of Don Quixote and the Arthurian Knights in his pursuit of fact and justice in an uncaring world.
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