Mystery Books
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The FunhouseOnce there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate--and gave birth to a
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Kiss Me While I Sleep: A NovelIf you sense someone’s watching you from afar, or if you feel a shadow other than your own at your back, I might as well pack
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The HearingHardy's best friend, Lieutenant Abe Glitsky, has kept a secret from him...and everyone else. Hardy never knew that Abe had a
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The DiscipleTommy Carmellini and Jake Grafton have information that Iran's covert nuclear programme is nearing completion. The Iranian preside
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A Very Private Enterprise (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)To his colleagues, co-workers and friends (did he have any real friends?), Hugo Frenchman was the consummate British civil servant
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In the Moon of Red Ponies: A Billy Bob Holland Novel (Billy Bob Boy Howdy)"James Lee Burke tells a story in a style all his own, in language that's alive, electric. He's a master at setting mood, layin
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Mystery Movies
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Flightplan (Widescreen Edition)Academy Award(R) winner Jodie Foster (Best Actress, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, 1991) gives an outstanding performance in the heart-
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OrphanThe tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche
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A Beautiful MindWinner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard and produced b
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SolarisSuperstar George Clooney turns in a stellar performance in this "brilliant sci-fi movie" (New York Daily News) from Academy Award
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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, d
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Mystery Authors
H. C. Bailey biography
H. C. Bailey
(1878 - 1961)
Born in London, England, Feb. 1, 1878, Died in Llanfairfechen, North Wales, March 24. 1961 Henry Christopher Bailey lived most of his life in London. He attended the City of London School, and graduated with honors in classics from Corpus Christi College of the University of Oxford. From 1901 to 1946, he worked for London's Daily Telegraph. He began as a drama critic and was a war correspondent, and finally an editorial writer. In addition to his mystery stories, he also wrote an historical novel each year from 1901 through 1928. These novels had various settings and were from a variety of historical periods. He also wrote a history of the Franco-Prussian war.
Bailey married Lydia Haden Janet Guest in 1908, and they had two daughters. He did his writing in the evenings after his work on the Daily Telegraph. In addition to his writing, he also enjoyed gardening. He was a founding member of The Detection Club.
Bailey created two detective series. His first series was about Reggie Fortune who had trained in medicine for family practice, but who was employed by Scotland Yard as a medical expert in murder cases. Bailey's second series was about Joshua Clunk, a solicitor for lower class criminals. Clunk employed a staff of investigators to located dangerous criminals.
The first Mr. Fortune stories by H.C. Bailey appeared in book form in the early 1920s at the same time that Arthur Conan Doyle was publishing what would be the final adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Just as Holmes was at his best in the shorter form—with the grand exception of The Hound of the Baskervilles—Reggie Fortune was, for the most part, more successful with readers when taken in short doses. Perhaps no other major fictional detective of the Golden Age appeared in as many short stories as the cherubic country doctor turned detective. Starting with Call Mr. Fortune in 1920 and ending with Mr. Fortune Here in 1940, Bailey published an astonishing twelve collections of Fortune short stories, not counting three omnibus collections of previously published material.
Information source: wikipedia