British Mysteries - Fergus Hume Collection: 21 Thriller Novels in One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Red Money, The Bishop's Secret, The Pagan's Cup, A Coin of Edward VIIBy Fergus Hume
Length204h 38m
About this audiobook
Gathering twenty-one thriller novels, British Mysteries - Fergus Hume Collection presents a substantial survey of one of late-Victorian and Edwardian crime fiction's most industrious architects. These narratives combine puzzle-driven detection with melodramatic reversals, hidden identities, compromising inheritances, and the atmospheric geography of streets, chambers, railway journeys, and country houses. Hume's prose belongs to the popular tradition shaped by sensation fiction and early detective writing, where moral disorder is translated into clues and secrets awaiting narrative exposure. Fergus Hume (1859–1932), born in England and raised in New Zealand, achieved extraordinary fame in Australia with The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, whose commercial success helped demonstrate the vast appetite for modern mystery fiction before Sherlock Holmes became dominant. Trained in law and attentive to theatrical plotting, Hume wrote with a practical understanding of evidence, motive, and staged revelation. His cosmopolitan life across the British Empire also informed his recurring interest in mobility, disguise, class anxiety, and urban anonymity. This collection is recommended for readers seeking the foundations of the mystery-thriller form beyond its most canonical names. Scholars, enthusiasts of Victorian popular fiction, and admirers of intricate, briskly plotted crime narratives will find in Hume a revealing, entertaining, and historically important guide to the genre's evolution.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length204 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1British Mysteries - Fergus Hume Collection: 21 Thriller Novels in One Volume (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
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6Preface
7I. What the Argus Said
8II. The Evidence at the Inquest
9III. One Hundred Pounds Reward
10IV. Mr. Gorby Makes a Start
11V. Mrs. Hamilton Unbosoms Herself
12VI. Mr. Gorby Makes Further Discoveries
13VII. The Wool King
14VIII. Brian Takes a Walk and a Drive
15IX. Mr. Gorby Is Satisfied at Last
16X. In the Queen’s Name
17XI. Counsel for the Prisoner
18XII. She Was a True Woman
19XIII. Madge Makes a Discovery
20XIV. Another Richmond in the Field
21XV. A Woman of the People
22XVI. Missing
23XVII. The Trial
24XVIII. Sal Rawlins Tells All She Knows
25XIX. The Verdict of the Jury
26XX. The “Argus” Gives Its Opinion
27XXI. Three Months Afterwards
28XXII. A Daughter of Eve
29XXIII. Across the Walnuts and the Wine
30XXIV. Brian Receives a Letter
31XXV. What Dr. Chinston Said
32XXVI. Kilsip Has a Theory of His Own
33XXVII. Mother Guttersnipe Joins the Majority
34XXVIII. Mark Frettlby Has a Visitor
35XXIX. Mr. Calton’s Curiosity Is Satisfied
36XXX. Nemesis
37XXXI. Hush-Money
38XXXII. De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum
39XXXIII. The Confession
40XXXIV. The Hands of Justice
41XXXV. “The Love That Lives”
42Professor Brankel’s Secret
43I. Extracts From the Diary of Professor Brankel
44II. Extracts From the Diary of Professor Brankel (Continued)
45III. In the Library
46IV. In the Drawing-Room
47V. The Effect of the Elixir
48VI. The Last Ingredient of the Elixir
49VII. Wolfden
50VIII. In the Laboratory
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