The Silent House (1899) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. Although
not as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), an
immediate bestseller for Hume, The Silent House is a gripping novel
with an atmospheric intensity and tightly wound mystery worthy of
the best of Victorian fiction. From an author whose work inspired
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Silent House is a story of murder with a
haunting, original conclusion. At twenty-five, Lucian Denzil is at
the very beginning of his career as a barrister. Settling into a
serious life, he rents a modest home in Pimlico on Geneva Square.
Although he endeavors to focus and live only for his work, Lucian
cannot help but notice the stories told by neighbors and servants
about No. 13, a home near his own on the square. Decades prior to
his settling in Pimlico, No. 13, now known as "the silent house,"
was the site of a gruesome murder. Over the years, it had gone
unoccupied and fallen into general disrepair. In 1895, a quiet,
reclusive man named Mark Berwin moved into the home, where he lived
alone, and to which he could not infrequently be seen returning in
the dead of night in a drunken, disturbed state. One night, while
walking through Geneva Square to his own home, Lucian encounters
Berwin who, intoxicated and confused, requires the young man's
assistance. Helping the older gentleman make his way to No. 13,
Lucian feels a growing unease, a sense of something that will lead
him not only to the heart of a local mystery, but into the depths
of the silent house itself. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Fergus Hume's
The Silent House is a classic of English mystery and detective
fiction reimagined for modern readers.
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