The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

  1. 396 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

About this book

This early work by Fergus Hume was originally published in 1886 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab' is a tricky tale set in Australia and is Hume's most famous crime novel. Fergusson Wright Hume was born on 8th July 1859 in England, the second son of Dr. James Hume. The family migrated to New Zealand where Fergus was enrolled at Otago Boys' High School, and later continued his legal and literary studies at the University of Otago. Hume returned to England in 1888 where he resided in London for a few years until moving to the Essex countryside. There he published over 100 novels, mainly in the mystery fiction genre, though none had the success of his début work.

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Table of contents

  1. THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB
  2. Fergus Hume
  3. PREFACE
  4. CHAPTER I. WHAT THE ARGUS SAID
  5. CHAPTER II. THE EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST
  6. CHAPTER III . ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD
  7. CHAPTER IV. MR. GORBY MAKES A START
  8. CHAPTER V. MRS. HAMILTON UNBOSOMS HERSELF
  9. CHAPTER VI. MR. GORBY MAKES FURTHER DISCOVERIES
  10. CHAPTER VII. THE WOOL KING
  11. CHAPTER VIII. BRIAN TAKES A WALK AND A DRIVE
  12. CHAPTER IX. MR. GORBY IS SATISFIED AT LAST
  13. CHAPTER X. IN THE QUEEN’S NAME
  14. CHAPTER XI. COUNSEL FOR THE PRISONER
  15. CHAPTER XII. SHE WAS A TRUE WOMAN
  16. CHAPTER XIII. MADGE MAKES A DISCOVERY
  17. CHAPTER XIV. ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD
  18. CHAPTER XV . A WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE
  19. CHAPTER XVI. MISSING
  20. CHAPTER XVII. THE TRIAL
  21. CHAPTER XVIII. SAL RAWLINS TELLS ALL SHE KNOWS
  22. CHAPTER XIX. THE VERDICT OF THE JURY
  23. CHAPTER XX. THE “ARGUS” GIVES ITS OPINION
  24. CHAPTER XXI. THREE MONTHS AFTERWARDS
  25. CHAPTER XXII. A DAUGHTER OF EVE
  26. CHAPTER XXIII. ACROSS THE WALNUTS AND THE WINE
  27. CHAPTER XXIV. BRIAN RECEIVES A LETTER
  28. CHAPTER XXV. WHAT DR. CHINSTON SAID
  29. CHAPTER XXVI. KILSIP HAS A THEORY OF HIS OWN
  30. CHAPTER XXVII. MOTHER GUTTERSNIPE JOINS THE MAJORITY
  31. CHAPTER XXVIII.MARK FRETTLBY HAS A VISITOR
  32. CHAPTER XXIX. MR. CALTON’S CURIOSITY IS SATISFIED
  33. CHAPTER XXX. NEMESIS
  34. CHAPTER XXXI . HUSH-MONEY
  35. CHAPTER XXXII. DE MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM
  36. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CONFESSION
  37. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE HANDS OF JUSTICE
  38. CHAPTER XXXV. “THE LOVE THAT LIVES.”