The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume Fiction Classics Mystery & Detective Action & Adventure

<p><strong><em>A splash of chloroform . . .</em></strong></p><p>The drunken man was staggering -- but he was quite alive when the thoughtful gentleman stumbled upon him in the thick Melbourne night and hailed a cab to take him home.</p><p>By the time the cabdriver was in the proper neighborhood and was turning around to ask directions the cabbie discovered he was driving around an unconscious man . . . slumped forward with a chemical-soaked handkerchief tied around his mouth! Unconscious -- or dead!</p><p>New Zealand lawyer and writer Fergus Hume achieved immediate widespread attention for his first novel <em>The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</em> when it first appeared in 1886. This remarkable novel when published in England became more the talk of London than even Conan Doyle's <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> issued soon thereafter. Hume's other detective novels included <em>The Opal Serpent</em> and <em>The Silent House.</em></p>