Written by a young lawyer from New Zealand and set in Melbourne, Australia, "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" was self-published in 1886 and its copyright then sold for 50 pounds to a group of speculators ...

Sadly, Hume sold the copyright for £50 and died in England at 73 on the edge of genteel poverty. This was despite having written scores of “shilling shockers”, albeit none so successful as his first.

Based on the best-selling novel by Fergus Hume. Melbourne, 1886. Two gentlemen climb into a hansom cab late one night. One man climbs out, the other travels on to St Kilda. On arrival, the driver ...

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