The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Fergus Hume
Fergusson Wright (Fergus) Hume (1859-1932), novelist, was born on 8 July 1859 in England, the second son of James Hume. The family migrated to New Zealand where the father helped to found Ashburn Hall in Dunedin. Fergus was educated at Otago Boys' High School, continued his literary and legal studies at the University of Otago and was articled to the attorney-general, Robert Stout. Soon after his admission to the Bar in 1885 Hume left for Melbourne where he became managing clerk for the solicitor, E. S. Raphael. The Mystery of a Hansom The novel opens on a murder. An unidentified man gets into a cab, which immediately sets off toward its destination. When it arrives, however, the cab driver discovers the man to be dead. With nothing to identify the victim, and nothing to hint at who killed him or why, the mystery seems unsolvable. Two rivalling detectives are put onto the Gorby, a fat and somewhat incompetent man, and Kilsip, a thin, stoic individual who distances himself from people. When the victim is finally identified as Oliver Whyte, the detectives bring in Brian Fitzgerald, a major suspect.
年:
2018
出版社:
Global Grey ebooks
语言:
english
ISBN:
F3F4E806-41C5-48F4-A2EE-E81A50A3D946
文件:
MOBI , 450 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2018