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The Opal Serpent
Fergus Hume
Book Overview:
An old pawnbroker is found strangled with his lips pinned together with an opal serpent broach. He has a beautiful daughter who is apparently the heir of his large estate. But another claimant has made herself known as the actual daughter of the pawnbroker. Follow detective Hurd as he unravels the convoluted mystery of the old man’s death and attempts to determine who is the rightful heir
An old pawnbroker is found strangled with his lips pinned together with an opal serpent broach. He has a beautiful daughter who is apparently the heir of his large estate. But another claimant has made herself known as the actual daughter of the pawnbroker. Follow detective Hurd as he unravels the convoluted mystery of the old man’s death and attempts to determine who is the rightful heir
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"Yes—the brooch he showed me."
"He showed you!" cried Aaron, with a groan. "And what did he tell you about it?—what—what—what—the truth or—" He became passionate.
Debby grasped Aaron's arm and whirled him into the middle of the room like a feather. Then she planted herself before Sylvia, with her arms akimbo, and glared like a lioness. "You can pinch me, sir, or gives me black eyes and red noses if you like, but no finger on my precious, if I die for it."
Aaron was staggered by this defiance, and looked fierce for the moment. Then he became timid again and cast the odd, anxious look over his shoulder. "Leave the room, Deborah," he said in a mild voice.
The faithful maid replied by sitting down and [Pg 65] folding her arms. "Get your wild horses, sir," she said,. . . Read More
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3.75⭐
This was one of Fergus Hume's exciting and outrageous mysteries, which were really the only sort he wrote. That's why I love them so much. Popcorn for my brain. As usual, there was an unexpected twist at the end. Honestly, I didn't see it coming. Perfect summer reading!
A starving artist, a knock-off Peggotty, cruel fathers, scheming widows, and gruesome murders, all mixed together with some of the wildest twists I’ve come across in a mystery book. It was really a rather tame murder mystery right up until the end. Then! Wow! What a series of revelations. Hume did a
Another good old fashioned page turner from Fergus Hume. I enjoyed it. However, as with a lot of the books of this period (I find) there is too much reliance on coincidence. The Opal Serpent is a jewelled brooch given to someone's mother donkeys years ago. She gives it to her son who just happens to
3.5
First I have read by this author but probably not the last. The mystery, the unspooling of the story, was very interesting. What was a bit odd was how the detective kept switching subjects..and saying each time “everything points to so-and-so, he/she must be the murderer” only 2 chapters later to sa
Twists, murder, greed, romance and Richard Kilmer (narration) - what more can you ask of a good read?!? A classic... Recommended.