The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

<p><I>The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</I> (1886) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. An immediate bestseller for Hume <I>The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</I> is a gripping novel with an atmospheric intensity and tightly wound mystery worthy of the best of Victorian fiction. Published the year before Arthur Conan Doyle's debut <I>A Study in Scarlet</I> (1887) Hume's novel became the first international bestseller to be published in Australia. Adapted countless times for film theater radio and television <I>The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</I> is a classic detective story and a landmark in Australian literature.</p><p>In Melbourne Australia a cabman stops to pick up a presumably drunk passenger. Helped into the cab by an unknown man who claims to be a friend the gentleman settles in for the ride homeward. Accustomed to such things especially in the darkness of early morning the cabman begins his ride. When he asks his passenger for directions however he receives no response and turns to find that the man is dead. He drives straight to the local police station where Detective Gorby begins his investigation. Was the friend in fact the murderer or was he simply a good Samaritan who believed he was helping a drunk man make it home? When the killer is discovered however the mystery remains. Over the story looms the shadow of the Frettlby family whose secrets threaten to smother all of Melbourne. <I>The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</I> is a masterpiece of slow-burning suspicion between the rich and the poor a story of law and those willing to break it.</p><p>This edition of Fergus Hume's <I>The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</I> is a classic of Australian mystery and detective fiction reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>