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Fergus HumeThe Secret Passage (September 1, 2008)

Librivox recording of The Secret Passage by Fergus Hume.
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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..." (summary by Dawn Larsen and J.M. Smallheer)

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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox

Artist/Composer: Fergus Hume
Date: 2008-09-01
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; mystery; murder

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: benefitsingers - - May 26, 2009
Subject: Good story lots of twists
This is a good story lots of plot twists, keeps you guessing. Some of the narration was not that great. Could someone please tell Lucy Burgoyne to do some other volunteer work for Librivox. Her narration is truly horrible. There was another reader on this one that was not much better, all the rest were very good. I loved the lady with the accent, normally I don't like accents but she did a great job, her name is redabrus, good work!

Reviewer: trail_runnr - - November 9, 2008
Subject: Lots of Mystery
M Zane has provided enough details about the story. I agree with his 5 star rating. This is one that I will most likely listen to again. It was very enjoyable with all of its twists and turns.

Reviewer: mikezane - - October 30, 2008
Subject: A well-written mystery
An older woman is found murdered in a locked room. Her niece Juliet, engaged to be married to Cuthbert, inherits her fortune. But Juliet's mother, upon learning of the aunt's death says nope, no more engagement, you aren't marrying Cuthbert. What does the one have to do with the other? And how does a group of counterfeiters fit into all of this? Lots of twists to keep you guessing till the last. Enjoy!