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Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Public domain audiobook

Mystery of a Hansom Cab

by Fergus Hume

English· 7:41:50· 36 chapters
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18--



“Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a short distance of the principal streets of this great city, and is surrounded by an impenetrable mystery. …



“On the twenty-seventh day of July, at the hour of twenty minutes to two o'clock in the morning, a hansom cab drove up to the police station in Grey Street, St. Kilda, and the driver made the startling statement that his cab contained the body of a man who he had reason to believe had been murdered….” (Excerpt from the first chapter.)
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface

    06:28
  2. Chapter 2

    What the Argus Said

    09:34
  3. Chapter 3

    Evidence at the Inquest

    10:03
  4. Chapter 4

    One Hundred Pounds Reward

    01:11
  5. Chapter 5

    Mr. Gorby Makes a Start

    07:56
  6. Chapter 6

    Mrs. Hableton Unbosoms Herself

    13:51
  7. Chapter 7

    Mr. Gorby Makes Further Discoveries

    14:50
  8. Chapter 8

    The Wool King

    16:03
  9. Chapter 9

    Brian Takes a Walk and a Drive

    17:35
  10. Chapter 10

    Mr. Gorby is Satisfied at Last

    20:47
  11. Chapter 11

    In the Queen's Name

    14:29
  12. Chapter 12

    Counsel for the Prisoner

    15:37
  13. Chapter 13

    She was a True Woman

    16:09
  14. Chapter 14

    Madge Makes a Discovery

    17:05
  15. Chapter 15

    Another Richmond in the Field

    12:54
  16. Chapter 16

    A Woman of the People

    16:21
  17. Chapter 17

    Missing

    10:41
  18. Chapter 18

    The Trial

    17:38
  19. Chapter 19

    Sal Rawlins Tells All She Knows

    12:02
  20. Chapter 20

    The Verdict of the Jury

    17:12
  21. Chapter 21

    The Argus Gives its Opinion

    07:30
  22. Chapter 22

    Three Months Afterward

    14:37
  23. Chapter 23

    A Daughter of Eve

    09:57
  24. Chapter 24

    Across the Walnuts and the Wine

    13:30
  25. Chapter 25

    Brian Receives a Letter

    15:02
  26. Chapter 26

    What Dr. Chinston Said

    13:45
  27. Chapter 27

    Kilsip Has a Theory of His Own

    08:41
  28. Chapter 28

    Mother Guttersnipe Joins the Majority

    13:53
  29. Chapter 29

    Mark Frettleby Has a Visitor

    15:42
  30. Chapter 30

    Mr. Calton's Curiosity is Satisfied

    11:50
  31. Chapter 31

    Nemesis

    15:08
  32. Chapter 32

    Hush-Money

    11:02
  33. Chapter 33

    De Mortuis nil nisi Bonum

    08:50
  34. Chapter 34

    The Confession

    15:35
  35. Chapter 35

    The Hands of Justice

    11:57
  36. Chapter 36

    The Love that Lives

    06:25