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Fergusson (fergus) Wright Hume

Male : Novelist (In all wrote over 140 novels), born to New Zealand parents. Lived in England from 1888
Nationality : New Zealander Date of Birth : 1859 Date of Death : 1932 Age : 73

Other Work : Barrister in NZ in 1885

Education : Dunedin HS & University of Otago (Law)
1886-1890
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
(1886 Kemp & Boyce, Melbourne) (1887 Hansom Cab Publ Co)
[Sold 500,000 copies, but he didn't benefit, having sold the copyright for £20]
[Only two copies of the Kemp & Boyce edition are known to exist,
both in the Mitchell Library, Sydney]

(1888 Munro, NY)
Professor Brankel's Secret
(1886 Baird's Railway Bookstall, Melbourne)
Madame Midas
(1888 Hansom Cab Publ Co)
The Girl from Malta
(1889 Hansom Cab Publ Co)
The Piccadilly Puzzle
(1889 F V White) - ss
Miss Mephistopheles
(1890 F V White)
The Gentleman Who Vanished : A Psychological Phantasy
(1890 F V White, London)
The Man with a Secret
(1890 F V White) - 3 vols

1891-1895
Whom God hath Joined
(1891 F V White) - 3 vols
Monsieur Judas
(1891 Spencer Blackett) (nd. c1895 Griffith, Farrar)
A Creature of the Night
(1891 Sampson Low Pb)
The Year of Miracle
(1891 Routledge)
When I Lived in Bohemia
(1892 Arrowsmith) - Cyril R Hallward
The Island of Fantasy
(1892 Griffith & Farran) - 3 vols
The Chronicles of Faeryland
(1892 Griffith & Farran) (1901 Griffith Farran) - M Dunlop
(1911 Lippincott) - Maria Kirk & M Dunlop
Aladdin in London : A Romance
(1892 A & C Black)
The Fever of Life
(1892 Sampson Low) - 2 vols
The Black Carnation
(1892 Gale & Polden)
The Harlequin Opal
(1893 Allen) - 3 vols
The Chinese Jar
(1893 Sampson Low)
A Speck of the Motley
(1893 Innes)
A Midnight Mystery
(1894 Gale & Polden)
The Nameless City
(1894 Osgood McIlvaine)
The Gates of Dawn
(1894 Sampson Low)
The Best of Her Sex
(1894 Allen) - 2 vols
The Lone Inn
(1894 Jarrold)
The Mystery of Landy Court
(1894 Jarrold)
The Crime of the Liiza Jane
(1895 Ward Lock)
The White Prior
(1895 Warne)

1896-1900
The Carbuncle Clue
(1896 Warne)
Tracked by a Tattoo : A Mystery
(1896 Warne)
The Dwarf's Chamber & Other Stories
(1896 Ward Lock)
The Expedition of Captain Flick
(1896 Jarrold)
A Marriage Mystery
(1896 Digby Long)
Claude Duval of Ninety Five
(1897 Digby Long)
The Tombstone Treasure
(1897 Jarrold)
Hagar of the Pawn Shop
(1898 Skeffington) - ss
Under One Cover
(1898 Skeffington) - et al
The Clock Struck One
(1898 Warne)
Lady Jezebel
(1898 Pearson)
The Rainbow Feather
(1898 Digby Long)
The Devil Stick
(1898 Downey)
The Silent House in Pimlico
(1899 John Long)
The Red-Headed Man
(1899 Digby Long)
The Indian Bangle
(1899 Sampson Low)
The Crimson Cryptogram
(1900 John Long)
A Traitor in London
(1900 John Long)
Shylock of the River
(1900 Digby Long)
The Lady from Nowhere : A Detective Story
(1900 Chatto & Windus 3/6)
The Bishop's Secret
(1900 John Long)
The Vanishing of Tera
(1900 F V White)

1901-1905
The Golden Wang-Ho
(1901 John Long)
The Millionaire Mystery
(1901 Chatto & Windus)
The Mother of Emeralds
(1901 Hurst & Blackett)
The Crime of the Crystal
(1901 Digby Long)
The Turnpike House
(1902 John Long)
Woman : The Sphinx
(1902 John Long)
The Pagan's Cup
(1902 Digby Long)
The Guilty House
(1903 F V White)
The Jade Eye
(1903 John Long)
The Miser's Will
(1903 Treherne)
A Coin of Edward VII
(1903 Digby Long)
The Yellow Holly
(1903 Digby Long)
The Silver Bullet
(1903 John Long)
The Wheeling Light
(1904 Chatto & Windus)
The White Room
(1904 F V White)
The Mandarin's Fan
(1904 Digby Long)
The Red Window
(1904 Digby Long)
The Lonely Church
(1904 John Long)
The Fatal Song
(1905 F V White)
The Opal Serpent
(1905 John Long) (1905 Dillingham, NY)
Lord Jim of Curzon Street
(1905 Werner Laurie)
The Secret Passage
(1905 John Long)
The Scarlet Bat : A Detective Story
(1905 F V White)
The Wooden Hand
(1905 F V White)

1906-1910
The Mystery of the Shadow
(1906 Cassell) - A T Smith
The Black Patch
(1906 John Long)
The Dancer in Red
(1906 Digby Long) - ss
Jonah's Luck
(1906 F V White)
The Purple Fern
(1907 Everett)
The Yellow Hunchback
(1907 F V White)
Flies in the Web
(1908 F V White)
The Sacred Herb
(1908 John Long)
The Green Mummy
(1908 John Long)
The Mystery of a Motor Cab
(1908 Everett)
The Sealed Message
(1908 Digby Long)
The Crowned Skull
(1908 Ward Lock)
The Amethyst Cross
(1908 Cassell)
The Top Dog
(1909 F V White)
The Disappearing Eye
(1909 Digby Long)
The Solitary Farm
(1909 Ward Lock)
The Devil's Ace
(1909 Everett)
The Spider
(1910 Ward Lock)
The Mikado Jewel
(1910 Everett)
The Peacock of Jewels
(1910 Digby Long)
The Lonely Subaltern
(1910 C H White)

1911-1912
The Jew's House
(1911 Ward Lock)
The Rectory Governess
(1911 C H White)
The Steel Crown
(1911 Digby Long)
High Water Mark
(1911 F V White)
The Pink Shop
(1911 F V White)
Mother Mandarin
(1912 F V White)
Across the Footlights
(1912 F V White)
A Son of Perdition
(1912 Rider)
The Mystery Queen
(1912 Ward Lock)
Red Money
(1912 Ward Lock)
The Blue Talisman: A Detective Story
(1912 Werner Laurie)

1913-1920
Seen in the Shadow
(1913 F V White)
In Queer Street
(1913 F V White)
The Thirteenth Guest
(1913 Ward Lock)
The Curse
(1913 Ward Lock)
The 4pm Express
(1914 F V White)
Not Wanted
(1914 F V White)
The Lost Parchment
(1914 Ward Lock)
Answered : A Spy Story
(1915 F V White)
The Caretaker
(1915 Ward Lock)
The Red Bicycle
(1916 Ward Lock)
The Silent Signal
(1917 Ward Lock)
The Grey Doctor
(1917 Ward Lock)
The Black Image
(1918 Werner Laurie)
Next Door
(1918 Ward Lock)
Heart of Ice
(1918 Hurst & Blackett)
Crazy Quilt
(1919 Ward Lock)
The Master Mind
(1919 Hurst & Blackett)
The Dark Avenue
(1920 Ward Lock)
The Other Person
(1920 F V White)
The Singing Head
(1920 Hurst & Blackett)
The Woman Who held On
(1920 Ward Lock)

1921 Onwards
The Unexpected
(1921 Odhams)
Three
(1921 Ward Lock)
A Trick of Time
(1922 Hurst & Blackett)
The Moth-Woman
(1923 Hurst & Blackett)
The Whispering Lane
(1924 Hurst & Blackett)
The Caravan Mystery
(1926 Hurst & Blackett)
The Last Straw
(1932 Hutchinson)