The Mystery of a Hansom Cab: A Mystery and Detective Classic By Fergus Hume! AAA+++

While it certainly shows traces of its era, it is largely free of the tedious digressions so common to that period, and in general moves fairly briskly along. While, as usual the main characters as the usual stereotypes, it has a facinating cast of supporting characters, including the two professional detectives. Facinating scene where the lawyer crossexamines his own client in jail to pry loose information vital to his own defense that he is reluctant to devulge, even at the cost of his life