The Mystery of a Hansom CabThe Mystery of a Hansom Cab was the best selling crime novel of the nineteenth century. It was an overnight sensation when published in Melbourne in 1886 and rapidly found readers around the world, especially in Britain. The book became a huge international success and was translated into eleven languages. The novel's fame has endured well into this century. In 1954, The Sunday Times listed it as one of the 100 best crime novels of all time, and six