Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: A Woman's Burden by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Solitary Farm by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Mandarin's Fan by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Pagan's Cup by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: A Coin of Edward VII. by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: Red Muney by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Bishop's Secret by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Opal Serpent by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Silent House by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: Madame Midas by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Secret Passage by Fergus Hume

Reproduction of the original: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume

Dr Ellis lever ett lugnt och tillbakadraget liv. En kväll när han sitter med en god vän, journalisten Cass, och samtalar stormar hans granne in. Hon har fruktansvärda nyheter: hennes make har blivit mördad. De hittar maken i en pöl blod på hans kontor. Efter närmare undersökning hittar de en bisarr detalj på liket: någon har skrivit ett kryptiskt meddelande på hans kläder. Och det är skrivet i blod ... -

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 . . .

The Green Mummy: Large print by Fergus Hume Egyptologist Dr. Braddock expects a rare Incan mummy to be delivered to his small-town museum, but the sarcophagus that arrives contains the body of the man sent to bring the antiquity home.

The dingy little cart containing the clean linen of the Rectory, was on its way by an unusually roundabout route. Neddy Mellin, the washer woman's son, who disliked work as much as he liked play, which was natural in a lad of thirteen, grumbled openly at the uncongenial task of driving the large white donkey. The animal herself, who answered to the name of Nelly, grumbled also in her own way, as she objected to innovations. Hitherto she had been allowed to take the short road to the parson's residence; now she was compelled to go by the long one, which was particularly annoying on this damp, misty November afternoon. With the obstinacy of her race she refused to trot, and although Neddy whipped her, coaxed her, and threatened her, Nelly tstill behaved as though she were attending a funeral. Mrs. Mellin did not mind. Throned amidst the bundles of linen, she peered through the fog for something she particularly wished to see. Only when the cart arrived midway down a melancholy, deserted thoroughfare, bordered by dripping elm-trees, did she speak. Then the cart stopped as she fancied she heard an order.