Fergus: 350 books

The Mandarin's Fan written by prolific English novelist Fergus Hume. This book is one of many works by him. It has already published in 1904. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally...

THE MAN WITH A SECRET "With anxious dread have I avoided thee, Thou haunting evil of my early days, Yet by some trick of Fate we meet again; I pray thee, sir, let me go far away. And place the roaring seas between us twain, There is but sorrow in our comradeship." It was the high road to the village...

A thrilling tale of murder and crime by Fergus Hume. Although this is a stand-alone mystery, it is also the sequel to "Madame Midas." This is a Green Bird Publication of a quality mystery novel by Fergus Hume

I want to get past Black Donnelly's horrible place; but not before my uncle is convinced of things there. Was it really a nightmare I had last night? No! I am certain of what I saw. Rounding the bend, there it is. Black Donnelly's place in the spent bog, as bleak and foreboding as ever....

On Wednesday 02 August 1950, Canon Paul Anthony MacMorrow is discovered lying injured inside St. Bawn's Church. He speaks a few words – 'a coin' and 'a key'. Are these clues that will lead to his assailant? He falls unconscious and dies within minutes. Why would anyone kill a harmless old...

This early work by Fergus Hume was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Crowned Skull' is a great crime novel by this classic fiction writer. Fergusson Wright Hume was born on 8th July 1859 in England, the second son of Dr. James...

The Sacred Herb written by prolific English novelist Fergus Hume.  This book is one of many works by him. It has already published in 1908. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally...

One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched...

A thrilling tale of crime and trial by Fergus Hume, the father of the British Traditional murder mystery.

Set in Melbourne, Australia, this tale of intrigue and murder was the bestselling crime novel of the nineteenth century In the early morning hours, two men enter a hansom cab. When the first man exits the cab, the driver continues on to the second’s destination—only to discover upon arrival...

Fergus Hume was renowned as the bestselling mystery writer of Victorian times after his first book, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, broke all records. In 1901 he returned to form with this ingenious tale, selected to represent Hume’s prolific output by Collins’ Detective Club panel in 1930. Cicero...

Washington, D.C., is home to the most influential power brokers in the world. But how did we come to call D.C.—a place once described as a mere swamp "producing nothing except myriads of toads and frogs (of enormous size)," and which was strategically indefensible, captive to the politics...

At a time when there were almost no career openings for women, a group of intrepid and gifted females scaled the heights of what was literally a man's world—they became brothelkeepers, or "bawds." Mother Clap—women bawds were often known as Mother—ran male brothels, or Molly Houses....

In an epic season of sport, Jim Fergus and his trusty Lab, Sweetzer, trek the mountains, plains, prairies, forests, marshes, deltas, and deserts of America.