Dagobert, what a smart fellow you are! Dagobert Trostler is a wealthy, retired gentleman with a lot of time on his hands. He has an odd hobby of being an amateur sleuth. He also sings, writes songs, but his detective work is his true passion. Dagobert pretends to be humble about his cases, but he’s not modest at all and that makes things all the more fun. He can go ahead and brag, he’s very skilled.

The Adventures of Dagobert Trostler has been translated into English for the first time by Kazabo Publishing. When you pick up this book, be sure to read the introduction it tells us so much about the title’s origins and the sad loss of other literature due to the first world war.

Dagobert is a man about town. His friends laugh at him and his detective efforts – but they also seek him out to ‘handle’ some unpleasant situations: unwanted letters, threats to a business, and looming social scandals. Trostler takes care of everything under a vow of secrecy. As the introduction says, vile gossip or a loss of standing in the community must be avoided!

Each section is a continuation of Dagobert’s adventures. They flow nicely together. He loves to sit with his close friends and tell them how he solved each scandal. He is like Sherlock Holmes in that he can take in a scene for only a minute, then come up with many clues.

If these adventures would have been published as a serial in local papers, I can see many readers anxiously waiting for the next installment. Trostler made me smile. This a fun, classic mystery title. I encourage you to give it a try.

Balduin Groller, born Adalbert Goldscheider in what is now Arad, Romania, in 1848, was one of pre-war Vienna’s most successful and popular journalists. Familiar with Viennese high society, he was also the founder of what became the Austrian Olympic Committee.

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