It's not easy for Minna being the only sensible one in her family, even though she is used to her mum's weird clothes and behavior, but her whole, unusual family does come through for her when she needs them most.

This early work by Fergus Hume was originally published in 1886 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab' is a tricky tale set in Australia and is Hume's most famous crime novel. Fergusson Wright Hume was born on 8th July 1859 in England, the second son of Dr. James Hume. The family migrated to New Zealand where Fergus was enrolled at Otago Boys' High School, and later continued his legal and literary studies at the University of Otago. Hume returned to England in 1888 where he resided in London for a few years until moving to the Essex countryside. There he published over 100 novels, mainly in the mystery fiction genre, though none had the success of his début work.

Collected interviews with the British filmmaker of High Hopes, Life Is Sweet, and Secrets and Lies

Explains a popular system of psychology that groups people into nine personality types and lists hundreds of film characters that fall into these groups.