Fergus Hume

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Turnpike House

A prolific writer of crime and detective stories Fergus Hume is known for his clever plots. The Turnpike House is another wonderful example of his many intriguing mysteries. EXCERPT: «Suddenly there was the cry of a...

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Clock Struck One

Fergus Hume was a prolific writer of Victorian murder mysteries and The Clock Struck One is another great example of his inventive plots. Julian Edermont living in near seclusion for the last 20 years fearful of an...

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Sacred Herb

A rich playboy comes home from travels abroad and is bully-ragged by his eccentric aunt into finding meaning for his life. This he does by helping a school chum save his fiancée from the gallows and the playboy falls...

Sharon Kilmer 10 hours

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Detective Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Crimson Cryptogram

Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, when their mysterious neighbour, Mrs Moxton, bursts in upon them with...

Don W. Jenkins 6 hours 7 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Mikado Jewel

A widow has been murdered in the home of a relative on a foggy night in London town when all residents were off on to the theatre, and one to run an errand involving the title bauble. Who done it? Old dark house...

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Published 1900 onward

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Fergus Hume - Spider

Arthur Vernon, member of the Athenian club and member of “society,” has a secret. His father has died and left him destitute, so he has begun a private investigation agency under the name “Nemo.” It would be...

Don W. Jenkins 10 hours 7 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Silver Bullet

Dr. Jim Herrick and his friend Robin are on a walking tour in the English countryside when they come across a large house where all the lights in the house are on and all of the doors are open. While trying to find...

Richard Kilmer 12 hours 14 minutes

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Detective Fiction

461

Fergus Hume - Coin Of Edward VII

A family celebrates Christmas and its flaws are gently exposed by the house guest Mrs. Parry. Giles is engaged to the wealthy Daisy, yet is clearly in love with the governess Anne Denham. Things come to a head when...

Marcelle D Ward and 1 more 8 hours 27 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Lady Jim of Curzon Street

Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, and with no friend to assist, she resorts to committing crimes. Fergus Hume...

Jim Locke 15 hours 8 minutes

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General Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Opal Serpent

An old pawnbroker is found strangled with his lips pinned together with an opal serpent broach. He has a beautiful daughter who is apparently the heir of his large estate. But another claimant has made herself known...

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 44 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Red Money

Greed and lost love collide to create dark secrets. Through twists and turns, corrupt aristocrats let family and honor overshadow love and true happiness. In the end, evil passes and good endures. (Summary by Sharon...

Sharon Kilmer 9 hours 49 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Fergus Hume - Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories

Short Stories by Fergus Hume (1859 – 1932), a prolific English novelist. — Summary by wikipedia

David Wales 10 hours 6 minutes

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