The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886)
by Fergus Hume

A mystery fiction novel, first published in Australia in 1886. Set in Melbourne, the story focuses on the investigation of a homicide involving a body discovered in a hansom cab, as well as an exploration into the social class divide in the city. The book was successful in Australia, then in Britain and the United States and went on to sell over 500,000 copies worldwide, outselling the first of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels, A Study in Scarlet (1887).

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ALPHA LIBRARY.



The Mystery of a

Hansom Cab



By
Fergus W. Hume.



Chicago and New York:


Rand, McNally & Company,
Publishers.