The Secret Passage
Fergus Hume (1859-1932)
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Summary
Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: “That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o’-lantern murder mysteries. It begins with a queer and rich old woman found stabbed to death in her chair and not a clue to the murderer. Then so many clues turn up that even the story-book detective is bewildered. Then nearly everybody turns out to be somebody else under an alias, and all the clues lead nowhere…”
Reviews
Jane Bowtell
It certainly had a lot of excitement about it but there are a great deal of improbable happenings and a lot crammed into the last two chapters which spoiled it a bit for me. Some of the readers made it difficult to concentrate, especially chapters 20-23, please make sure you can read clearly and in fluent English before you attempt to read these books.
ROLANDA
The constant changing of narrating voices has me abandoning this book in the middle. It's hard to follow when the voice constantly changes.
Tamela
This is a very good read. Majority of the readers are great. Very glad I stumbled across this book.
Tamela
This is a very good read. Majority of the readers are great. Very glad I stumbled across this book.
Tamela
This is a very good read. Majority of the readers are great. Very glad I stumbled across this book.
Bernie
A clever story but the quality of several of the readers leaves a lot to be desired and detracts from the story severely.
Andy
Good story though a little disturbed by the anti-Semetism Also the readers insistence on calling the character Basil using the American version of the herb I found grating, have they never seen Fawlty Towers?
Ardnut
Great story, characters, and twists. Beware of the different voices for different chapters....especially chapter 17 voice. It took away from the flow of the story.
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