The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
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- Under 100
- First published
- 1886
- Pages
- 241
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Preface
6:28 -
What the Argus Said
9:34 -
Evidence at the Inquest
10:03 -
One Hundred Pounds Reward
1:11 -
Mr. Gorby Makes a Start
7:56 -
Mrs. Hableton Unbosoms Herself
13:51 -
Mr. Gorby Makes Further Discoveries
14:50 -
The Wool King
16:03 -
Brian Takes a Walk and a Drive
17:35 -
Mr. Gorby is Satisfied at Last
20:47 -
In the Queen's Name
14:29 -
Counsel for the Prisoner
15:37 -
She was a True Woman
16:09 -
Madge Makes a Discovery
17:05 -
Another Richmond in the Field
12:54 -
A Woman of the People
16:21 -
Missing
10:41 -
The Trial
17:38 -
Sal Rawlins Tells All She Knows
12:02 -
The Verdict of the Jury
17:12 -
The Argus Gives its Opinion
7:30 -
Three Months Afterward
14:37 -
A Daughter of Eve
9:57 -
Across the Walnuts and the Wine
13:30 -
Brian Receives a Letter
15:02 -
What Dr. Chinston Said
13:45 -
Kilsip Has a Theory of His Own
8:41 -
Mother Guttersnipe Joins the Majority
13:53 -
Mark Frettleby Has a Visitor
15:42 -
Mr. Calton's Curiosity is Satisfied
11:50 -
Nemesis
15:08 -
Hush-Money
11:02 -
De Mortuis nil nisi Bonum
8:50 -
The Confession
15:35 -
The Hands of Justice
11:57 -
The Love that Lives
6:25
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) is a public domain work.
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About this book
First published in Melbourne in 1886, Fergus Hume's mystery became one of the best selling detective novels of the Victorian era. A man is found dead in the back of a hansom cab, poisoned by chloroform, and the stranger who shared his ride has vanished into the night. Detective Gorby follows the trail through the drawing rooms and slums of colonial Melbourne, where new wealth and old secrets prove closely linked. Hume, a young lawyer, wrote it to sell and sold it brilliantly, outpacing early Sherlock Holmes in sales and proving that a crowded modern city made ideal ground for crime fiction.
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Book facts
- Author
- Fergus Hume
- First published
- 1886
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Victorian Era
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Sibella Denton