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A tragic event twenty years in the past, a strange, half-finished mansion surrounded by a high wall with no gate, the quaint cottage in the shadows of it's walls, and murder. These are the tangled circumstances Jennings of Scotland Yard must unravel as he seeks... The Secret... Read Full Overview

The Secret Passage (1905) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. Although not as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), an immediate bestseller for Hume, The Secret Passage is a gripping novel with an atmospheric intensity and tightly wound mystery... Read Full Overview

Ferguson Wright Hume (1859-1932), known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist. Shortly after graduation Hume relocated to Melbourne, Australia, where he obtained a job as a barristers' clerk. He began writing plays, but found it impossible to persuade the managers of... Read Full Overview

The Secret Passage (1905) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. Although not as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), an immediate bestseller for Hume, The Secret Passage is a gripping novel with an atmospheric intensity and tightly wound mystery... Read Full Overview

This early work by the English writer, Fergusson Wright Hume is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Hume wrote many respectable mystery stories and can be considered as a precursor of the modern detective work. This is a fascinating novel of the period and still... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

"The Secret Passage" from Fergus Hume. Prolific English novelist (1859-1932).

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"What IS your name?""Susan Grant, Miss Loach.""Call me ma'am. I am Miss Loach only to my equals. Your age?""Twenty-five, ma'am.""Do you know your work as parlor-maid thoroughly?""Yes, ma'am. I was two years in one place and six months in another, ma'am. .

Description"What IS your name?""Susan Grant, Miss Loach.""Call me ma'am. I am Miss Loach only to my equals. Your age?""Twenty-five, ma'am.""Do you know your work as parlor-maid thoroughly?""Yes, ma'am. I was two years in one place and six months in another, ma'am. .

Reproduction of the original: The Secret Passage by Fergus Hume