The Wooden Hand A Detective Story by Hume, Fergus

The Wooden Hand A Detective Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781718613638)

Vendor: Fergus Hume
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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The Wooden Hand A Detective Story by Hume, Fergus

The Wooden Hand A Detective Story

$10.78
The Wooden Hand A Detective Story by Hume, Fergus

The Wooden Hand A Detective Story

$10.78
Format: Paperback
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A fortune hunter expected home from a diamond mining expedition to South Africa turns up murdered, with his false hand missing. Suspects abound, including the fianc of the dead man's daughter. But why was the adventurer murdered? And why did the killer steal his victim's wooden hand? This Edwardian murder mystery from the prolific Fergus Hume (The Mystery of a Hansom Cab) moves from the heart of the English countryside to the dark underbelly of London's criminal underworld.

Author: Fergus Hume
ISBN-10: 1718613636
ISBN-13: 9781718613638
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2018
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.59d
By Fergus Hume
By Fergus Hume
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Hume was born in England, the second son of James Hume. When he was three the family emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he was educated at Otago Boys' High School and studied law at the University of Otago. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. 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 Melbourne theatres to accept or even to read them.

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