Mary Fortune
Author of The Fortunes Of Mary Fortune
About the Author
Works by Mary Fortune
The Spirits of the Tower 2 copies
Hereditary 1 copy
Monk's Mark 1 copy
Mr. Montford's Room 1 copy
Dan Lyon's Doom 1 copy
The Illumined Grave 1 copy
The Detective's Dream 1 copy
The Brand of Cain 1 copy
The Murder At Ozer's 1 copy
At the New Year 1 copy
The St. Johns 1 copy
The Queen of Cooinda 1 copy
The Secret of the Keys 1 copy
Heatherville 1 copy
Illilliwa 1 copy
At "The Ranges" 1 copy
The Greenstone Graves 1 copy
The Red Room 1 copy
Mystery And Murder 1 copy
The Ghostly White Gate 1 copy
Associated Works
The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories (2011) — Contributor — 141 copies
In the Shadow of Agatha Christie: Classic Crime Fiction by Forgotten Female Writers, 1850-1917 (2018) — Contributor — 94 copies
Happy Endings: Stories by Australian and New Zealand Women, 1850S-1930s (1987) — Contributor — 11 copies
Australian nightmares : more Australian tales of terror and the supernatural (2008) — Contributor — 4 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Fortune, Mary Helena
- Other names
- Wander, Waif
W.W. - Birthdate
- 1833 (circa)
- Date of death
- 1910 (circa)
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Place of death
- Australia
- Places of residence
- Victoria, Australia
- Occupations
- detective fiction author
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Reviews
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Statistics
- Works
- 33
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 49
- Popularity
- #320,875
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 7
This work is the reminiscence of a detective as he looks back through his old case notes, which he compiled during his career working as a detective in the Australian bush during the gold rush.
Overall, this is a well-written, evenly paced work that made for an enjoyable read.
The only quibble I had was that my ARC had several sentences cut off partway through, so I would have to piece together what the sentence would have meant. I am unsure if this was a technical error or just how it was written.
Recommended for those who enjoy Agatha Christie and historical mysteries.… (more)