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Hagar of the Pawn Shop
Fergus Hume
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Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly London pawnbroker. He dies after teaching Hagar the business, and she takes over running the popshop till the legitimate heir can be traced. In the odd assortment of objects that pass across her counter, Hagar uncovers one mystery after another. Some items are linked to actual crimes, others to iniquitous acts of human deceit and betrayal. Whether investigating independently or alongside the police, Hagar combines her native shrewdness with woman's intuition to help untangle the webs of wickedness she encounters, that justice might prevail in the end. Though the individual mysteries in Hagar of the Pawn-shop may be read separately, they are so arranged by Fergus Hume as to form a linked set, with characters from earlier stories popping up again later on, one as Hagar's love interest and another as her nemesis
Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly London pawnbroker. He dies after teaching Hagar the business, and she takes over running the popshop till the legitimate heir can be traced. In the odd assortment of objects that pass across her counter, Hagar uncovers one mystery after another. Some items are linked to actual crimes, others to iniquitous acts of human deceit and betrayal. Whether investigating independently or alongside the police, Hagar combines her native shrewdness with woman's intuition to help untangle the webs of wickedness she encounters, that justice might prevail in the end. Though the individual mysteries in Hagar of the Pawn-shop may be read separately, they are so arranged by Fergus Hume as to form a linked set, with characters from earlier stories popping up again later on, one as Hagar's love interest and another as her nemesis
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Although a bit too sentimental at times, this collection of mysteries solved by a beautiful gypsy lady left in charge of a pawnshop with mysterious clients, is nevertheless refreshing because it was published in the 1920s yet it features a brave, intelligent and independent woman as a heroine. The p
I loved this fun collection of stories. Hagar, a clever and intuitive gypsy girl, solves mysteries connected with items brought to the pawn shop she manages. Things as diverse as an exotic Persian ring, a Chinese war god idol, an old pair of boots, and a silver teapot are the keys to puzzles that ar
This is a novel containing 12 chapters about a pawn-broker in the slums of London. Each chapter is lightly intertwined with the others. The first chapter sets up the story - the next ten can stand on their own as little mystery short stories and the finally chapter concludes the book. A rather decen
Features, as a main character, a Gypsy girl, October 1, 2016
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Circa 1898 mystery stories by Fergus Hume, an Englishman who grew up in Australia. Hume was the author of THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB which is said t
1st from hume for me.
26 jun 16
27 jun 16 finished. great story! story is 11 or 12 chapters long, each chapter a stand-alone story though each story has hagar of the pawn shop as the central character, each story/chapter a bit of a mystery, an entertainingly good read. well worth the time. ooga booga.
My favorite Hume story. This is the book that made me realize he is more storyteller than murder mystery writer.
A so so story but entertaining