READ ALL ABOUT IT! The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is the original Australian blockbuster and international best-selling crime novel. First published in 1886, this vivid and brilliantly plotted murder thriller, set in the charming and deadly streets of marvellous Melbourne, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies around the world. More than a century later, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab has lost none of its page-turning power. This new edition, introduced by Simon Caterson, reproduces for the first time the text of the original Australian printing.