Fergus Hume

Few Victorian-era mystery writers created such an immediate sensation with a single novel as Fergus Hume. Fergus Hume was an English-born novelist best known for his detective fiction, particularly 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab', a pioneering crime novel that became an international bestseller and helped shape the development of detective literature. Born Fergusson Wright Hume in 1859 in England, he moved with his...