Project Gutenberg 2017-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 117 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) Tracked by a Tattoo: A Mystery Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia "Tracked by a Tattoo: A Mystery" by Fergus Hume is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the character of Mr. Fanks, a detective from Scotland Yard, who leads a double life as both a law enforcer and a socialite. The narrative begins with the shocking murder of a gentleman named Sir Gregory Fellenger in a notorious area of London known for crime, setting off a chain of investigations that promise intrigue and dark secrets linked to the victim's mysterious past. At the start of the novel, the protagonist, Mr. Fanks, learns of the murder and promptly hurries to the scene of the crime, where he interacts with various characters, including a suspicious landlady and a nervous doctor. Fanks uncovers that the victim had been poisoned and discovers a tattoo on the deceased's arm, which connects to a series of cryptic messages hinting at a deeper conspiracy. The initial chapters unveil the peculiar circumstances surrounding the murder, hinting at the influence of a woman from the victim's past whose identity and connection to the crime remain shrouded in mystery, propelling Fanks into a complex investigation involving deception, identity, and the secrets hidden beneath society's surface. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories London (England) -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 513121 506150 2025-01-22T09:14:00.154592 2023-09-24T06:16:50.643133 text/html text/html 526954 2018-03-21T06:22:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 895779 2018-03-21T06:22:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 430885 2025-01-22T09:14:07.495512 application/epub+zip 441775 2025-01-22T09:14:01.646504 application/epub+zip 261171 2025-01-22T09:14:00.914531 application/epub+zip 390697 2025-01-22T09:14:11.410519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371371 2025-01-22T09:14:06.785497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341560 2022-08-25T07:25:03.643197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473547 473461 2024-09-23T07:35:55.316566 2023-09-24T06:16:49.014125 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 473732 2018-03-18T14:03:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171034 2018-03-21T06:22:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20314 2025-01-22T09:14:11.538472 application/rdf+xml 21381 2025-01-22T09:14:01.017554 image/jpeg 3145 2025-01-22T09:14:00.966554 image/jpeg 894961 2025-01-22T09:14:00.206556 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