Project Gutenberg 2003-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 168 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) The Secret Passage Produced by an anonymous volunteer. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Secret Passage" by Fergus Hume is a mystery novel written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around the sudden and mysterious death of Miss Selina Loach, who is found dead in her home shortly after hosting friends for a card game. The narrative follows various characters, including the newly hired parlor-maid Susan Grant, who finds the body, and Cuthbert Mallow, who becomes embroiled in the investigation surrounding the murder. At the start of the story, the reader is introduced to Susan Grant as she secures a position as a parlor-maid in the home of Miss Loach. The initial chapter captures the uneasy dynamics between Susan and her employer, revealing both women's secrets through their thoughts. The atmosphere shifts dramatically when Susan discovers Miss Loach's dead body shortly after her first evening's duty, which kicks off a series of events involving other characters like the lawyers and friends who had been present at the card game the night before. As various characters speculate and share their perspectives, the opening lays the groundwork for a complex web of relationships and motivations that will likely unravel as the mystery deepens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction Detective and mystery stories, English PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 561958 2025-07-02T11:20:28.476529 text/html 552670 2020-12-28T02:44:01 text/html 261469 2025-07-02T11:20:36.343426 application/epub+zip 269989 2025-07-02T11:20:30.320487 application/epub+zip 269989 2025-07-02T11:20:29.181550 application/epub+zip 482688 2025-07-02T11:20:40.638536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466886 2025-07-02T11:20:35.509476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442002 2022-09-02T15:09:31.183432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513235 2025-07-02T11:20:26.745455 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 513167 2020-12-28T02:44:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18773 2025-07-02T11:20:40.771416 application/rdf+xml 13328 2025-07-02T11:20:29.681458 image/jpeg 3584 2025-07-02T11:20:29.429463 image/jpeg 189471 2020-12-28T02:44:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 185660 2020-12-28T02:44:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 254858 2025-07-02T11:20:28.517480 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia