Project Gutenberg 2017-11-13 Public domain in the USA. 69 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective Story Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by the Internet Archive (Princeton University) "The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective Story" by Fergus Hume is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. The story begins with a mysterious murder in Grangebury, a suburb of London, where a woman named Maria Presk discovers her lodger, Miss Ligram, dead in her opulent room adorned in yellow. As the police investigate, the tale unfolds, revealing layers of intrigue, deception, and the pursuit of justice. At the start of the narrative, the calm of the night is shattered when screams of "murder" fill the streets, leading the local constable to a disheveled and terrified woman, Maria Presk. She reveals the grisly fate of her lodger, igniting the investigation led by the capable detective Absolom Gebb. As the detectives examine the scene, they uncover an unusual set of circumstances including a pack of cards laid out with the death-card—the ace of spades—visible in Miss Ligram’s lap. The opening chapters delve into the chaotic aftermath of the murder, establishing the mystery surrounding Miss Ligram's life and the secrets of her lavishly furnished "Yellow Boudoir," setting the stage for a complex exploration of her enigmatic past and the pursuit of her killer. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories England -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction 382241 376981 2024-09-23T08:32:23.252092 2023-09-24T07:05:55.748617 text/html text/html 391920 2018-03-30T14:17:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 133601 2018-03-30T14:17:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 211190 2024-09-23T08:32:32.070533 application/epub+zip 219235 2024-09-23T08:32:26.601570 application/epub+zip 210399 2024-09-23T08:32:25.294567 application/epub+zip 422174 2024-09-23T08:32:35.853502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408211 2024-09-23T08:32:31.200540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349073 2022-08-25T08:36:58.363835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351013 350924 2024-09-23T08:32:21.774100 2023-09-24T07:05:54.466596 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 351176 2018-03-30T14:17:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 128954 2018-03-30T14:17:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18636 2024-09-23T08:32:35.988502 application/rdf+xml 15204 2024-09-23T08:32:25.846577 image/jpeg 3508 2024-09-23T08:32:25.569555 image/jpeg 205202 2024-09-23T08:32:23.284089 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