The Secret Passage
by Fergus Hume
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About This Book
Fergusson Wright (Fergus) Hume (1859-1932), novelist, was born on 8 July 1859 in England, the second son of James Hume. The family migrated to New Zealand where the father helped to found Ashburn Hall in Dunedin. Fergus was educated at Otago Boys' High School, continued his literary and legal studies at the University of Otago and was articled to the attorney-general, Robert Stout. Soon after his admission to the Bar in 1885 Hume left for Melbourne where he became managing clerk for the solicitor, E. S. Raphael. The Secret Passage : "That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devise...
Chapters (30)
- THE SECRET PASSAGE
- Fergus Hume
- CONTENTS
- THE SECRET PASSAGE
- CHAPTER I THE COTTAGE
- CHAPTER II THE CRIME
- CHAPTER III A MYSTERIOUS DEATH
- CHAPTER IV DETAILS
- CHAPTER V LORD CARANBY'S ROMANCE
- CHAPTER VI A PERPLEXING CASE
- CHAPTER VII THE DETECTIVE
- CHAPTER VIII THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
- CHAPTER IX ANOTHER MYSTERY
- CHAPTER X THE PARLOR-MAID'S STORY
- CHAPTER XI ON THE TRACK
- CHAPTER XII JENNINGS ASKS QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER XIII JULIET AT BAY
- CHAPTER XIV MRS. OCTAGON EXPLAINS
- CHAPTER XV A DANGEROUS ADMISSION
- CHAPTER XVI JULIET'S STORY
- CHAPTER XVII JULIET'S STORY CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XVIII THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
- CHAPTER XIX SUSAN'S DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER XX BASIL
- CHAPTER XXI AN EXPERIMENT
- CHAPTER XXII THE SECRET ENTRANCE
- CHAPTER XXIII A SCAMP'S HISTORY
- CHAPTER XXIV REVENGE
- CHAPTER XXV NEMESIS
- CHAPTER XXVI CUTHBERT'S ENEMY
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