The Silent House by Fergus Hume

A wealthy businessman dies under mysterious circumstances in his country house, and the investigation that follows uncovers a web of deceit, blackmail, and hidden relationships among the dead man's family and servants. As the police dig deeper, they uncover a complex pattern of motives and alibis, leading them to suspect everyone from the widow to the butler.

By Fergus Hume · First published 1899 · Genre: Gothic Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller · 34 chapters

Contents

• The Tenant of the Silent House
• Shadows on the Blind
• An Unsatisfactory Explanation
• Mrs. Kebby's Discovery
• The Talk of the Town
• Mrs. Vrain's Story
• The Assurance Money
• Diana Vrain
• A Marriage that was a Failure
• The Parti-Coloured Ribbon
• Further Discoveries
• The Veil and its Owner
• Gossip
• The House in Jersey Street
• Rhoda and the Cloak
• Mrs. Vrain at Bay
• A Denial
• Who Bought the Cloak?
• The Defence of Count Ferruci
• A New Development
• Two Months Pass
• At Berwin Manor
• A Startling Theory
• Lucian is Surprised
• A Dark Plot
• The other Man's Wife
• A Confession
• The Name of the Assassin
• Link Sets a Trap
• Who Fell into the Trap?
• A Strange Confession
• The Confession (_continued_)
• What Rhoda had to Say
• The End of it All

More by Fergus Hume

• The Crowned Skull (1908)
• The Caravan Crime (1924)
• The Mystery Queen (1912)
• The Green Mummy (1908)
• The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886)
• The Secret Passage (1905)
• Madame Midas (1888)
• Red Money (1892)
• All works by Fergus Hume