About the book: year / Writer at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. Born in England in 1859. At university he studied jurisprudence, but most of all he dreamed of becoming a playwright. Ultimately, Hume decides to write a detective novel. The result was the novel “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab,” which sold up to 750,000 copies. The novel has been translated into 11 languages. Over 47 years of creativity, Hume set a unique record: he published more than 140 works of the detective genre. Contents:1. Fergus Hume: The Silent House (Translation: L. Solovyova)2. Fergus Hume: The Green Mummy (Translation: V. Dubov)3. Fergus Hume: The Crowned Skull (Translation: L. Solovyova)4. Fergus Hume: Madame Midas (Translation: Anna Ovchinnikova)5. Fergus Hume: The Secret Passage (Translation: Natalia Nekrasova)6. Fergus Hume: The Crime Queen (Translation: L. Solovyova)7. Fergus Hume: The Mystery of the Two-Wheeled Carriage (Translation: Vitaly Mikhalyuk)8. Fergus Hume: The Mystery of the Royal Coin (Translation: A. Talikova)9. Fergus Hume: The Mystery of Professor Brankel 10. Fergus Hume: The Mystery of the Gypsy Van (Translation: A. Tapikova)11. Fergus Hume: The Mystery of the Black Cab (Translation: A. Talikova)12. Fergus Hume: The Pawn Shop Gypsy (Translation: L. Solovyova)