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Fergus Hume

(Ferguson Wright Hume)
UK  (1859 - 1932)
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About Fergus Hume
Fergusson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume was an English novelist. Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to New Zealand. He attended high school in Dunedin and studied law at the University of Otago, he was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne, Australia where he obtained a post as a barristers' clerk. He began writing plays, but found it impossible to persuade the managers of the Melbourne theatres to accept or even read them. Hume was a capable writer of mystery stories, and may be looked upon as one of the precursors of the many writers of detective stories whose work was so popular in the twentieth century.
 
Novels
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886)
Professor Brankel's Secret (1886)
Madame Midas (1888)
The Girl from Malta (1889)
Miss Mephistopheles (1890)
     aka Tracked by Fate
The Gentleman Who Vanished: A Psychological Phantasy (1890)
     aka The Man Who Vanished
When I Lived in Bohemia (1891)
The Year of Miracle: A Tale of the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred (1891)
A Creature of the Night (1891)
Monsieur Judas (1891)
Whom God Hath Joined (1891)
Aladdin in London (1892)
The Black Carnation (1892)
The Island of Fantasy (1892)
The Fever of Life (1892)
The Chinese Jar (1893)
The Harlequin Opal (1893)
The Nameless City: A Romany Romance (1893)
A Speck of the Motley (1893)
The Lone Inn (1894)
The Mystery of Landy Court (1894)
     aka From Thief to Detective
The Best of Her Sex (1894)
The Gates of Dawn (1894)
A Midnight Mystery (1894)
The Crime of Liza Jane (1895)
The White Prior (1895)
The Carbuncle Clue (1896)
The Expedition of Captain Flick (1896)
A Marriage Mystery (1896)
Tricked by a Tattoo (1896)
Claude Duval of Ninety-Five (1897)
The Tombstone Treasure (1897)
The Clock Struck One (1898)
The Rainbow Feather (1898)
The Devil-Stick (1898)
     aka For the Defense
Lady Jezebel (1898)
Under One Cover (1898)
The Red-Headed Man (1899)
The Silent House in Pimlico (1899)
The Indian Bangle (1899)
The Crimson Cryptogram (1900)
The Vanishing of Tera (1900)
Shylock of the River (1900)
A Traitor in London (1900)
The Lady from Nowhere (1900)
The Bishop's Secret (1900)
     aka Bishop Pendle
The Crime of the Crystal (1901)
The Millionaire Mystery (1901)
A Woman's Burden (1901)
The Mother of Emeralds (1901)
The Golden Wang-Ho (1901)
     aka The Secret of the Chinese Jar
The Pagan's Cup (1902)
The Turnpike House (1902)
Woman: The Sphinx (1902)
A Coin of Edward VII (1903)
The Jade Eye (1903)
The Miser's Will (1903)
The Silver Bullet (1903)
The Yellow Holly (1903)
The Guilty House (1903)
The Red Window (1904)
The Wheeling Light (1904)
The Mandarin's Fan (1904)
The Lonely Church (1904)
The White Room (1904)
Lady Jim of Curzon Street (1905)
The Opal Serpent (1905)
The Secret Passage (1905)
The Fatal Song (1905)
The Scarlet Bat (1905)
The Wooden Hand (1905)
The Mystery of the Shadow (1906)
The Black Patch (1906)
Jonah's Luck (1906)
The Purple Fern (1907)
The Yellow Hunchback (1907)
The Amethyst Cross (1908)
Flies in the Web (1908)
The Sacred Herb (1908)
The Sealed Message (1908)
The Green Mummy (1908)
The Crowned Skull (1908)
The Mystery of a Motor Cab (1908)
The Devil's Ace (1909)
The Solitary Farm (1909)
The Top Dog (1909)
The Disappearing Eye (1909)
The Lonely Subaltern (1910)
The Peacock of Jewels (1910)
The Spider (1910)
The Mikado Jewel (1910)
The Steel Crown (1911)
High Water Mark (1911)
The Jew's House (1911)
The Pink Shop (1911)
The Rectory Governess (1911)
The Blue Talisman (1912)
The Mystery Queen (1912)
A Son of Perdition: An Occult Romance (1912)
Red Money (1912)
Across the Footlights (1912)
Mother Mandarin (1912)
The Curse (1913)
In Queer Street (1913)
Seen in the Shadow (1913)
The Thirteenth Guest (1913)
The Lost Parchment (1914)
The 4 PM Express (1914)
Not Wanted (1914)
The Caretaker (1915)
Answered (1915)
The Red Bicycle (1916)
The Grey Doctor (1917)
The Silent Signal (1917)
Heart of Ice (1918)
The Black Image (1918)
Next Door (1918)
Crazy-Quilt (1919)
The Master-Mind (1919)
The Dark Avenue (1920)
The Other Person (1920)
The Singing Head (1920)
The Woman Who Held On (1920)
Three (1921)
The Unexpected (1921)
A Trick of Time (1922)
The Moth-Woman (1923)
The Whispering Lane (1924)
The Caravan Mystery (1926)
The Last Straw (1932)
The Mystery of a Hansom CabMadame MidasMiss MephistophelesWhen I Lived in Bohemia
The Year of Miracle: A Tale of the Year One Thousand Nine HundredThe Island of FantasyThe Nameless City: A Romany RomanceThe Best of Her Sex
The White PriorThe Carbuncle ClueThe Expedition of Captain FlickClaude Duval of Ninety-Five
The Tombstone TreasureThe Rainbow FeatherThe Silent House in PimlicoThe Crimson Cryptogram
The Vanishing of TeraA Traitor in LondonThe Bishop's SecretThe Millionaire Mystery
A Woman's BurdenThe Pagan's CupA Coin of Edward VIIThe Jade Eye
The Silver BulletThe Yellow HollyThe Mandarin's FanThe Lonely Church
Lady Jim of Curzon StreetThe Opal SerpentThe Secret PassageThe Mystery of the Shadow
The Amethyst CrossThe Green MummyThe Crowned SkullThe Devil's Ace
The Solitary FarmThe Peacock of JewelsThe Pink ShopThe Blue Talisman
The Mystery QueenA Son of Perdition: An Occult RomanceRed MoneyThe Thirteenth Guest
The Lost ParchmentThe CaretakerThree
 
Collections
Chronicles of FaerylandHagar of the Pawn-Shop: The Gypsy Detective
 

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