Secret Passage
by Fergus Hume

Name: Secret Passage
Author: Fergus Hume

Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o'-lantern murder mysteries. It begins with a queer and rich old woman found stabbed to death in her chair and not a clue to the murderer. Then so many clues turn up that even the story-book detective is bewildered. Then nearly everybody turns out to be somebody else under an alias, and all the clues lead nowhere..." (summary by Dawn Larsen and J.M. Smallheer)

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

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Genre/Category

Crime Fiction Novel Mystery

Tags/Keywords

Detective Murder Victorian Mystery Crime Inheritance Deception London Secret Twists Investigation Intrigue Clues Scotland Yard Police Suspects Alias Old woman Stabbed Hidden identity False clues

Author

Fergus Hume

England

Ferguson Wright Hume known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist, known for his detective fiction, thrillers and mysteries. Hume was born in Powick, Worcestershire, England, the second son o...