A Creature of the Night: An Italian Enigma

Fergusson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist renowned primarily for his mystery and detective fiction. Born on July 8, 1859, in England, Hume moved to New Zealand with his family in his teens, and later to Australia, where his writing career took off. His most celebrated work, 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab' (1886), broke records in Australia and became a global bests...