Brief Contemporary Reactions to H. C. Bailey's Short Detective Fiction

As we've seen previously, critics seldom had strong objections to Bailey's novels, but what about his short stories? Click on the links for more info:

MR. FORTUNE WONDERS (1933):
-"Very good." — THE SATURDAY REVIEW (December 9, 1933)

MR. FORTUNE OBJECTS (1935):
- "Read it." — THE SATURDAY REVIEW (April 20, 1935)

A CLUE FOR MR. FORTUNE (1936):
- "Gratifyin'." — THE SATURDAY REVIEW (October 3, 1936)

THIS IS MR. FORTUNE (1938):
- ". . . demonstrates neatly the superiority of a series of short stories . . ." — SCRIBNER'S (September 1938; scroll to page 53)

MR. FORTUNE HERE (1940):
- "Satisfyin'." — THE SATURDAY REVIEW (July 27, 1940)

MEET MR. FORTUNE (1942):
- "Rewardin'." — THE SATURDAY REVIEW (June 20, 1942)

Category: Detective fiction