The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

A wealthy Melbourne businessman is murdered in a hansom cab, and the main suspect is an impoverished gentleman who was seen arguing with the victim earlier that night. As the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing is as it seems, and the truth behind the murder is far more complex than initially suspected.

By Fergus Hume · First published 1886 · Genre: Mystery, Detective Fiction, Crime · 35 chapters

Contents

• What the Argus Said
• The Evidence at the Inquest
• One Hundred Pounds Reward
• Mr. Gorby Makes a Start
• Mrs. Hamilton Unbosoms herself
• Mr. Gorby Makes further Discoveries
• The Wool King
• Brian Takes a Walk and a Drive
• Mr. Gorby is Satisfied at Last
• In the Queen's Name
• Counsel for the Prisoner
• She was a True Woman
• Madge Makes a Discovery
• Another Richmond in the Field
• A Woman of the People
• Missing
• The Trial
• Sal Rawlins Tells all she Knows
• The Verdict of the Jury
• The "Argus" Gives its Opinion
• Three Months Afterwards
• A Daughter of Eve
• Across the Walnuts and the Wine
• Brian Receives a Letter
• What Dr. Chinston Said
• Kilsip has a Theory of his own
• Mother Guttersnipe Joins the Majority
• Mark Frettlby has a Visitor
• Mr. Calton's Curiosity is Satisfied
• Nemesis
• Hush-Money
• De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum
• The Confession
• The Hands of Justice
• "the Love that Lives."

More by Fergus Hume

• The Crowned Skull (1908)
• The Caravan Crime (1924)
• The Mystery Queen (1912)
• The Green Mummy (1908)
• The Secret Passage (1905)
• Madame Midas (1888)
• Red Money (1892)
• The Silent House (1899)
• All works by Fergus Hume