The Bishop's Secret

by Fergus Hume

Overview

A man is murdered: shot through the heart. In the quiet cathedral city of Beorminster, so unusual an event can only bring on dizzying excitement. People gather by the dozen on street corners and in public-houses, where they attempt to thrash out the problem - and develop their most intricate theories over their beer. But then there appears in Beorminster the strangest figure: an elderly, weather-beaten man with the quick, alert eye of a fowl. For all he looks and speaks like a sailor, he calls himself a missionary. His name is Ben Baltic - and he is a detective...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473305113
Publisher:	Moran Press
Publication date:	05/14/2013
Pages:	498
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.11(d)

About the Author

Hume was born in England, the second son of James Hume. When he was three the family emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he was educated at Otago Boys' High School and studied law at the University of Otago. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation Hume relocated to Melbourne, Australia, where he obtained a job as a barristers' clerk. He began writing plays, but found it impossible to persuade the managers of Melbourne theatres to accept or even to read them.