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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) is a mystery novel by Fergus
Hume. An immediate bestseller for Hume, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
is a gripping novel with an atmospheric intensity and tightly wound
mystery worthy of the best of Victorian fiction. Published the year
before Arthur Conan Doyle's debut, A Study in Scarlet (1887),
Hume's novel became the first international bestseller to be
published in Australia. Adapted countless times for film, theater,
radio, and television, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a classic
detective story and a landmark in Australian literature. In
Melbourne, Australia, a cabman stops to pick up a presumably drunk
passenger. Helped into the cab by an unknown man, who claims to be
a friend, the gentleman settles in for the ride homeward.
Accustomed to such things, especially in the darkness of early
morning, the cabman begins his ride. When he asks his passenger for
directions, however, he receives no response, and turns to find
that the man is dead. He drives straight to the local police
station, where Detective Gorby begins his investigation. Was the
friend in fact the murderer, or was he simply a good Samaritan who
believed he was helping a drunk man make it home? When the killer
is discovered, however, the mystery remains. Over the story looms
the shadow of the Frettlby family, whose secrets threaten to
smother all of Melbourne. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a
masterpiece of slow-burning suspicion between the rich and the
poor, a story of law and those willing to break it. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a
classic of Australian mystery and detective fiction reimagined for
modern readers.
Miss Mephistopheles (1890) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume.
Although not as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886),
an immediate bestseller for Hume, Miss Mephistopheles is a gripping
novel with forbidden romance and a tightly wound mystery worthy of
the best of Victorian fiction. A sequel to Madame Midas (1888), a
story of fortune and loss set in the shadow of Australia's
nineteenth century gold rush, Miss Mephistopheles examines the
solidarity between women abused and abandoned by men. Having lost
her family fortune to a deceitful husband, Mrs. Villiers flees to
Ballarat, where she turns her attention to managing her father's
mine. Known to the local people as Madame Midas, she maintains a
hard exterior in order not only to hide the truth of her past, but
to guard herself from the cruelty of men. There, she rescues a
young girl named Kitty Marchurst, a preacher's daughter misled by a
wicked ex-convict. Raising her daughter Meg, Marchurst becomes a
star in the Melbourne burlesque scene, acquiring wealth and fame
beyond her wildest dreams. When her beloved diamonds are stolen,
however, her world-and the city itself-threaten to come crashing
down. Enmeshed in this mystery are an American insurance agent and
Mrs. Villiers' estranged husband, shadowy figures who move in and
out of respectable society looking for vulnerable marks. Miss
Mephistopheles is a tale of violence and greed set in a country
built on wealth gathered too quickly to last. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Fergus Hume's Miss Mephistopheles is a classic of Australian
mystery and detective fiction reimagined for modern readers.
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Madame Midas (Paperback)
Fergus Hume; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R277
Discovery Miles 2 770
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Madame Midas (1888) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. Although not
as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), an immediate
bestseller for Hume, Madame Midas is a gripping novel with
forbidden romance and a tightly wound mystery worthy of the best of
Victorian fiction. From an author whose work inspired Arthur Conan
Doyle, Madame Midas is a story of fortune and loss set in the
shadow of Australia's nineteenth century gold rush. In the
mid-nineteenth century, Robert Curtis-along with countless other
desperate and adventurous men-journeyed to Australia in search of
fortune. Having established a successful mine in Ballarat, Curtis
settled in Melbourne, where he married and had a daughter. In her
youth, Miss Curtis was the talk of the town, and though she could
have chosen any man for her husband, she found herself attracted to
Mr. Villiers, a charming-yet-suspicious gentleman. Not long after
their wedding, his intentions become all too clear, and soon his
gambling threatens to erase the Curtis fortune. Outraged and
disgraced, Mrs. Villiers flees to Ballarat, where she turns her
attention to managing her father's mine. Known to the local people
as Madame Midas, she maintains a hard exterior in order not only to
hide the truth of her past, but to guard herself from the cruelty
of men. When a pair of escaped prisoners lands on the nearby shore,
however, her newfound security faces a formidable threat. Madame
Midas is a tale of love lost and found, of violence and greed in a
country built on shallow, unstable foundations. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Fergus Hume's Madame Midas is a classic of Australian mystery
and detective fiction reimagined for modern readers.
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.
The Secret Passage (1905) 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 Secret Passage 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 Secret Passage is a story of
murder with a haunting, original conclusion. Susan Grant, a young
woman seeking employment, arrives at Rose Cottage, the home of Miss
Loach. After a brief but intense interview, Susan begins working as
a parlor maid, quickly discovering the high standard to which Miss
Loach holds her employees. Across town, her sister Mrs. Octagon, a
writer with a penchant for self-promotion, lives with her husband,
Peter, and daughter, Juliet. Speaking with Juliet following
afternoon tea one day, Mrs. Octagon raises the topic of her sister,
whose quiet life she deeply disapproves of. At this moment, as
though by a stroke of fate, her husband bursts in with the news of
Miss Loach's murder. As Jennings, a local detective, begins his
investigation, he discovers a broad cast of friends, employees, and
acquaintances, all of whom harbor some motive-but who could have
been driven to murder? Was it Susan, whose history working for a
mysterious Spaniard seems questionable at best? Was it Mrs.
Octagon, from whom the topic of her sister had always drawn the
bitterest of words? As The Secret Passage winds toward its cunning
conclusion, one thing becomes clear-the line between malice and
murder remains murky, even under the brightest of lights. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Fergus Hume's The Secret Passage is a classic of
English mystery and detective fiction reimagined for modern
readers.
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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Madame Midas (Hardcover)
Fergus Hume; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R451
Discovery Miles 4 510
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Madame Midas (1888) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. Although not
as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), an immediate
bestseller for Hume, Madame Midas is a gripping novel with
forbidden romance and a tightly wound mystery worthy of the best of
Victorian fiction. From an author whose work inspired Arthur Conan
Doyle, Madame Midas is a story of fortune and loss set in the
shadow of Australia’s nineteenth century gold rush. In the
mid-nineteenth century, Robert Curtis—along with countless other
desperate and adventurous men—journeyed to Australia in search of
fortune. Having established a successful mine in Ballarat, Curtis
settled in Melbourne, where he married and had a daughter. In her
youth, Miss Curtis was the talk of the town, and though she could
have chosen any man for her husband, she found herself attracted to
Mr. Villiers, a charming-yet-suspicious gentleman. Not long after
their wedding, his intentions become all too clear, and soon his
gambling threatens to erase the Curtis fortune. Outraged and
disgraced, Mrs. Villiers flees to Ballarat, where she turns her
attention to managing her father’s mine. Known to the local
people as Madame Midas, she maintains a hard exterior in order not
only to hide the truth of her past, but to guard herself from the
cruelty of men. When a pair of escaped prisoners lands on the
nearby shore, however, her newfound security faces a formidable
threat. Madame Midas is a tale of love lost and found, of violence
and greed in a country built on shallow, unstable foundations. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Fergus Hume’s Madame Midas is a classic of
Australian mystery and detective fiction reimagined for modern
readers.
The Secret Passage (1905) 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 Secret Passage 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 Secret Passage is a story of
murder with a haunting, original conclusion. Susan Grant, a young
woman seeking employment, arrives at Rose Cottage, the home of Miss
Loach. After a brief but intense interview, Susan begins working as
a parlor maid, quickly discovering the high standard to which Miss
Loach holds her employees. Across town, her sister Mrs. Octagon, a
writer with a penchant for self-promotion, lives with her husband,
Peter, and daughter, Juliet. Speaking with Juliet following
afternoon tea one day, Mrs. Octagon raises the topic of her sister,
whose quiet life she deeply disapproves of. At this moment, as
though by a stroke of fate, her husband bursts in with the news of
Miss Loach’s murder. As Jennings, a local detective, begins his
investigation, he discovers a broad cast of friends, employees, and
acquaintances, all of whom harbor some motive—but who could have
been driven to murder? Was it Susan, whose history working for a
mysterious Spaniard seems questionable at best? Was it Mrs.
Octagon, from whom the topic of her sister had always drawn the
bitterest of words? As The Secret Passage winds toward its cunning
conclusion, one thing becomes clear—the line between malice and
murder remains murky, even under the brightest of lights. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Fergus Hume’s The Secret Passage is a classic of
English mystery and detective fiction reimagined for modern
readers.
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) is a mystery novel by Fergus
Hume. An immediate bestseller for Hume, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
is a gripping novel with an atmospheric intensity and tightly wound
mystery worthy of the best of Victorian fiction. Published the year
before Arthur Conan Doyle’s debut, A Study in Scarlet (1887),
Hume’s novel became the first international bestseller to be
published in Australia. Adapted countless times for film, theater,
radio, and television, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a classic
detective story and a landmark in Australian literature. In
Melbourne, Australia, a cabman stops to pick up a presumably drunk
passenger. Helped into the cab by an unknown man, who claims to be
a friend, the gentleman settles in for the ride homeward.
Accustomed to such things, especially in the darkness of early
morning, the cabman begins his ride. When he asks his passenger for
directions, however, he receives no response, and turns to find
that the man is dead. He drives straight to the local police
station, where Detective Gorby begins his investigation. Was the
friend in fact the murderer, or was he simply a good Samaritan who
believed he was helping a drunk man make it home? When the killer
is discovered, however, the mystery remains. Over the story looms
the shadow of the Frettlby family, whose secrets threaten to
smother all of Melbourne. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a
masterpiece of slow-burning suspicion between the rich and the
poor, a story of law and those willing to break it. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a
classic of Australian mystery and detective fiction reimagined for
modern readers.
Miss Mephistopheles (1890) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume.
Although not as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886),
an immediate bestseller for Hume, Miss Mephistopheles is a gripping
novel with forbidden romance and a tightly wound mystery worthy of
the best of Victorian fiction. A sequel to Madame Midas (1888), a
story of fortune and loss set in the shadow of Australia’s
nineteenth century gold rush, Miss Mephistopheles examines the
solidarity between women abused and abandoned by men. Having lost
her family fortune to a deceitful husband, Mrs. Villiers flees to
Ballarat, where she turns her attention to managing her father’s
mine. Known to the local people as Madame Midas, she maintains a
hard exterior in order not only to hide the truth of her past, but
to guard herself from the cruelty of men. There, she rescues a
young girl named Kitty Marchurst, a preacher’s daughter misled by
a wicked ex-convict. Raising her daughter Meg, Marchurst becomes a
star in the Melbourne burlesque scene, acquiring wealth and fame
beyond her wildest dreams. When her beloved diamonds are stolen,
however, her world—and the city itself—threaten to come
crashing down. Enmeshed in this mystery are an American insurance
agent and Mrs. Villiers’ estranged husband, shadowy figures who
move in and out of respectable society looking for vulnerable
marks. Miss Mephistopheles is a tale of violence and greed set in a
country built on wealth gathered too quickly to last. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Fergus Hume’s Miss Mephistopheles is a classic of
Australian mystery and detective fiction reimagined for modern
readers.
First published in 1886, "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" was a
sensation, selling hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. It
has lost none of its page-turning power in the century since.
Set in gold-rich Melbourne in the late nineteenth century,
"Hansom Cab" tells a devilishly tricky tale of murder and
intrigue.
Fergus Hume was renowned as the bestselling mystery writer of
Victorian times after his first book, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab,
broke all records. In 1901 he returned to form with this ingenious
tale, selected to represent Hume's prolific output by Collins'
Detective Club panel in 1930. Cicero Gramp was, according to
himself, a 'professor of elocution and eloquence' - to anyone else
he was no more than an engaging and extremely craft vagabond. Hence
it was that he found himself awakened from his sleep in the corner
of the churchyard, the cheapest available lodging, by men's voices
at an hour past midnight. Two dark figures silhouetted for an
instant against the white mausoleum where lay the body of the
millionaire Richard Marlow. Then the turning of a key in the iron
door of the vault. Silence. Two figures moving back into the night
carrying a sinister burden - what Gramp guessed was the body of
Marlow. But when a search was made in the vault, Marlow's coffin
was found shut, and not empty: only the body in it was not Marlow's
but that of another man - murdered! And that is only the first
puzzle in The Millionaire Mystery . . .
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