"The Sacred Herb" by Fergus Hume Ferguson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist known for his mysteries. In this book, readers are taken on a thrilling and suspenseful adventure to solve a murder. The occult, misdirection, and a long list of suspects with motives to murder leader audiences on an entertaining and winding journey to find the culprit without the ease of modern science and technology.