Project Gutenberg 2003-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 219 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Produced by Col Choat. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" by Fergus Hume is a detective novel written in the late 19th century, likely during the Victorian era. The book centers around a mysterious murder that takes place in a hansom cab in Melbourne, drawing readers into the intricacies of crime, investigation, and human intrigue as various characters become entwined in the mystery, most notably the detective Mr. Gorby who is determined to uncover the truth. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to the shocking murder of a man whose identity is unknown. The narrative excerpts details from a newspaper report discussing the circumstances surrounding the crime, including the key witness, cab driver Malcolm Royston, who recounts how the victim was assisted into the cab by a gentleman in a light coat. This mysterious figure quickly becomes a focal point for detectives as they search for clues leading to the murderer. As the investigation unfolds through a series of witness testimonies and newspaper articles, tensions rise, suggesting that the crime is entwined with personal vendettas and social rivalries, hinting at deeper motivations and connections among the characters involved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Detective and mystery stories, English PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 571912 565332 2024-10-02T11:38:15.992044 2023-10-02T10:01:37.451073 text/html text/html 559637 2020-12-27T20:43:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 236198 2020-12-27T20:43:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 314870 2024-10-02T11:38:25.265213 application/epub+zip 325537 2024-10-02T11:38:18.174030 application/epub+zip 287310 2024-10-02T11:38:16.838035 application/epub+zip 545755 2024-10-02T11:38:30.302991 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530612 2024-10-02T11:38:24.352025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446710 2022-09-02T13:33:23.848783 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521321 521288 2024-10-02T11:38:14.125048 2023-10-02T10:01:35.958583 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 521234 2020-12-27T20:43:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 195505 2020-12-27T20:43:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19775 2024-10-02T11:38:30.433975 application/rdf+xml 13317 2024-10-02T11:38:17.409052 image/jpeg 3760 2024-10-02T11:38:17.119038 image/jpeg 306695 2024-10-02T11:38:16.043033 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia