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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 The Hunt for the Stayne Fortune
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'Who is Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable?
He is a private investigator who solves seemingly inexplicable puzzles. He is a dichotomy of Victorian charm and progressive spirit. He has a keen intellect, is a master of disguise, is rather fond of whisky, and has a tendency to enter buildings illegally while working on a case. He uncovers secrets, but he also has many of his own. With every new adventure, you'll grow to understand this complex chap a little more.

'The Hunt for the Stayne Fortune introduces the mystery fan to Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable. Work is slow and Oscar is having a hard time making ends meet, but when he stumbles across a coded message in a second-hand bookshop, he knows he won't rest until he's cracked it. With secret messages and family legends, hidden compartments and masterful disguises, The Hunt for the Stayne Fortune has everything the armchair detective needs.
 

'Can you get to the bottom of the mystery before Oscar Tremont? You'd better hop to it! He's already in his "thinking chair" with a dram of whisky at hand. The hunt is on!' (Publication summary)

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    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Black Beacon Books , 2017 .
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      • Published 5 August 2017

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    y separately published work icon Oscar Tremont : Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable Cameron Trost , Brisbane : Black Beacon Books , 2022 23888242 2022 selected work short story

    'Join Oscar Tremont on his first four cases as he tackles mysteries too strange for the police and assures his clients that a rational explanation lies behind what at first appears to be impossible. You will find clues, question suspects, don disguises, break into abandoned houses, solve codes and puzzles, and if you really have your wits about you, crack the case before our hero.

    'Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable consists of two novellas and two short stories that display the keen intellect of a private investigator who is bound to make a name for himself in the mystery genre.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Brisbane : Black Beacon Books , 2022
    pg. 7-77

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