Fergus Hume (1859–1932)
Autor de The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Elliott & Fry, courtesy of La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.
Obras de Fergus Hume
Under One Cover. Eleven Stories by S. Baring-Gould, Richard Marsh, Ernest G. Henham, Fergus Hume, Andrew Merry, and a.… (2010) 5 copias
FERGUS HUME - The Ultimate Mystery Collection: 21 Thriller Novels in One Volume: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Red… (2016) 3 copias
Claude Duval of ninety-five 3 copias
British Mysteries - Fergus Hume Collection: 21 Thriller Novels in One Volume: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Red Money,… (2017) 2 copias
Il talismano azzurro 2 copias
The Indian Bangle 2 copias
The Man with a Secret. A novel 1 copia
The dark avenue 1 copia
The Hurton Treasure Mystery 1 copia
Miss Mefistófeles 1 copia
The Enemy in the Shadows 1 copia
The Steel Crown 1 copia
The Amber Beads 1 copia
Djävulskäppen : Roman 1 copia
The Man Who Vanished 1 copia
The Caretaker 1 copia
The Crime of the Crystal 1 copia
A Trick of Time 1 copia
A Colonial Banshee 1 copia
The Mystery of the Shadow 1 copia
El pergamino perdido 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Contribuidor — 107 copias
Australian Gothic: An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction (2007) — Contribuidor — 20 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Hume, Fergusson Wright
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1859-07-08
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1932-07-12
- Lugar de sepultura
- England ?
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
UK - Lugar de nacimiento
- England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Thundersley, Essex, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Dunedin, New Zealand
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
London, England, UK
Thundersley, Essex, England, UK - Educación
- University of Otago
Otago Boys' High School, Dunedin, New Zealand - Ocupaciones
- lawyer
novelist - Biografía breve
- over 130 novels
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FERGUS HUME - The Ultimate Mystery Collection: 21… por Fergus Hume
A collection of not particularly good classic mysteries from Fergus Hume.
3.5 stars for the LibriVox audiobook narrated by Sibella Denton.
A fun mystery - parts were a little predictable but that didn't interfere with my enjoyment. Hume managed to keep me wondering about who the culprit was right to the end.
A fun mystery - parts were a little predictable but that didn't interfere with my enjoyment. Hume managed to keep me wondering about who the culprit was right to the end.
The murder of an unidentified man in a hansom cab has all of Melbourne speculating about the murderer and his motive. The witness statements and the evidence point in one direction, but do these observations and clues tell the whole story? Is there more left to learn?
The plot hints of Dickens and Collins, but without either of those author’s polish. I get a sense that the author might not have worked from an outline. The plot makes some sudden shifts, and some of the characters unaccountably change temperaments in the course of the action. Despite these flaws, the story works, and it suits its setting.… (más)
The plot hints of Dickens and Collins, but without either of those author’s polish. I get a sense that the author might not have worked from an outline. The plot makes some sudden shifts, and some of the characters unaccountably change temperaments in the course of the action. Despite these flaws, the story works, and it suits its setting.… (más)
An enjoyable read, easy and amusing even though solidly set in the Victorian era. As a mystery, it fails a bit for genre fans, as it’s blindingly obvious who the perpetrator is. Nevertheless, there are some twisty things at the end that give one a pause.
Read it for the characters and for that authentic late 1800’s ambiance.
Read it for the characters and for that authentic late 1800’s ambiance.
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