Author of Audiobooks - Fergus Hume
The Lady from Nowhere - Fergus Hume
The Lady from Nowhere - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A mysterious woman is found murdered in a yellow boudoir. Who is she and where does she come from? Detective Absalom Gebb is on the case. (Introduction by MaryAnn)...
The Crimson Cryptogram - Fergus Hume
The Crimson Cryptogram - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, when their mysterious neighbour, Mrs Moxton, bursts in upon them with startling news - her husband has been...
The Silent House - Fergus Hume
The Silent House - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A mystery about a "locked door" murder committed in a house that has a reputation for being haunted. In the first half of the book, the murderer appears to be easy to figure out. The second half of the book, however, is filled with plot twists and...
A Coin Of Edward VII - Fergus Hume
A Coin Of Edward VII - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A family celebrates Christmas and its flaws are gently exposed by the house guest Mrs. Parry. Giles is engaged to the wealthy Daisy, yet is clearly in love with the governess Anne Denham. Things come to a head when Daisy is murdered. Who would...
Hagar of the Pawn-Shop - Fergus Hume
Hagar of the Pawn-Shop - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Short Stories
Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly London pawnbroker. He dies after teaching Hagar the business, and she takes over running the popshop till the...
Madame Midas - Fergus Hume
Madame Midas - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne, Australia...
The Silver Bullet - Fergus Hume
The Silver Bullet - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Dr. Jim Herrick and his friend Robin are on a walking tour in the English countryside when they come across a large house where all the lights in the house are on and all of the doors are open. While trying to find someone at home, they discover the...
Red Money - Fergus Hume
Red Money - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction
Greed and lost love collide to create dark secrets. Through twists and turns, corrupt aristocrats let family and honor overshadow love and true happiness. In the end, evil passes and good endures. (Summary by Sharon Kilmer)...
The Secret Passage - Fergus Hume
The Secret Passage - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o'-lantern murder mysteries. It...
The Bishop's Secret - Fergus Hume
The Bishop's Secret - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Historical Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Bishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit from a disreputable-looking visitor. The bishop is much upset. What transpired between them that has so...
The Sacred Herb - Fergus Hume
The Sacred Herb - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A rich playboy comes home from travels abroad and is bully-ragged by his eccentric aunt into finding meaning for his life. This he does by helping a school chum save his fiancée from the gallows and the playboy falls head over heels in love with the...
The Opal Serpent - Fergus Hume
The Opal Serpent - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: General Fiction
An old pawnbroker is found strangled with his lips pinned together with an opal serpent broach. He has a beautiful daughter who is apparently the heir of his large estate. But another claimant has made herself known as the actual daughter of the...
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - Fergus Hume
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- “Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes...
The Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories - Fergus Hume
The Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Short Stories by Fergus Hume (1859 – 1932), a prolific English novelist. - Summary by wikipedia...
The Turnpike House - Fergus Hume
The Turnpike House - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A prolific writer of crime and detective stories Fergus Hume is known for his clever plots. The Turnpike House is another wonderful example of his many intriguing mysteries. EXCERPT: "Suddenly there was the cry of a human being in pain. The light...
The Mikado Jewel - Fergus Hume
The Mikado Jewel - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A widow has been murdered in the home of a relative on a foggy night in London town when all residents were off on to the theatre, and one to run an errand involving the title bauble. Who done it? Old dark house mystery full of period cliches is...
The Red Window - Fergus Hume
The Red Window - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Two former school friends, now both military men, meet again and discover both are trying to lose themselves to public gaze. Dick West has inherited the family estate, but is out of favor. "The Red Window" was used during periods of civil unrest to...
The Clock Struck One - Fergus Hume
The Clock Struck One - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Fergus Hume was a prolific writer of Victorian murder mysteries and The Clock Struck One is another great example of his inventive plots. Julian Edermont living in near seclusion for the last 20 years fearful of an unknown assailant is beaten to...
Lady Jim of Curzon Street - Fergus Hume
Lady Jim of Curzon Street - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, and with no friend to assist, she resorts to committing crimes. Fergus Hume delves into the mind of an...
The Spider - Fergus Hume
The Spider - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Arthur Vernon, member of the Athenian club and member of “society,” has a secret. His father has died and left him destitute, so he has begun a private investigation agency under the name “Nemo.” It would be disastrous if this were known among his...
The Sealed Message - Fergus Hume
The Sealed Message - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A mysterious message on a record is found sealed in a cylinder. A heroine straight out of a fairy-tale is kept secluded by a guardian with questionable motives. Add a murder, a gallant and fearless hero to the rescue and you have all the ingredients...
The Amethyst Cross - Fergus Hume
The Amethyst Cross - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in order to promote what she wants for herself. One day, her lover, George Walker, is injured in her home and...
Tracked by a Tattoo - Fergus Hume
Tracked by a Tattoo - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mysteries abound in this crime novel by Fergus Hume. Mr. Fanks, detective of Scotland Yard, is not all he seems, for when off-duty, he assumes his real identity of Octavius Rixton, well-to-do idler. When the scent of a murder reaches him, he is...
The Girl From Malta - Fergus Hume
The Girl From Malta - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
One evening as the P. and O.'s vessel "Neptune" steams away from Australia to Britain, Ronald Monteith, a young, wealthy Australian is taken into the confidence of a fellow-passenger Lionel Ventin who relates the story of his rather tragic life....
The Lost Parchment - Fergus Hume
The Lost Parchment - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Murder and mayhem turn a quiet English village on its head. Complete with twists and turns that will keep you entertained til the very end. Fergus Hume never fails. (Summary by Sharon Kilmer)...
The Third Volume - Fergus Hume
The Third Volume - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A widely publicized and unsolved murder of five and twenty years is brought to the forefront in a best-selling novel entitled “A Whim of Fate". While Spencer Tait is looking forward to reading it, his best friend Claude Larcher, learns of the tragic...
The Pink Shop - Fergus Hume
The Pink Shop - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Published 1900 onward
The Pink Shop operates outside the limits of the law by a mysterious woman concealed under a black veil. Follow the twists and turns as you unravel the secrets hidden behind the closed doors of The Pink Shop. Ask yourself: what would you give to...