The author was a frustrated playwright, and he enjoyed creating characters with odd dialects and patterns of speech. A man is murdered in a hansom cab. But, who was the man who was last seen with him?
'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...'.
"Read all about it! The Mystery of the Hansom Cab is the original Australian blockbuster and international best-selling crime novel. First published in 1886, this vivid and brilliantly plotted murder thriller, set in the charming and deadly streets of marvellous Melbourne, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies around the world. More than a century later, The Mystery of the Hansom Cab has lost none of its page-turning power.
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