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  • No. 17 (Heathen Edition)
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883-1955) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and prolific crime and mystery writer known for his keen humor and flashing wit who penned more than 140 novels during his long career. In the No. 17 - first performed as a play in 1925, then published as a novel in 1926, and eternized for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1932 - Farjeon introduce...
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  • Number Nineteen
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    On a grey afternoon in a quiet London park, a shabby vagrant known only as Ben makes a fateful decision to sit on a particular bench. Moments later, a stranger with a camera strolls by, and before Ben can comprehend what is happening, the man at the other end of the seat is dead-a knife in his back. But when Ben awakens in an unfamiliar room, wearing clothes that are not his ow...
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  • Ben on the Job
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    A good-hearted London tramp is trying to stay out of trouble when a foggy street, a stranger’s collision, and a discarded jemmy pull him into danger. Soon he is hiding from the police, stumbling across a body, and being drawn into a crooked bargain that points toward a murdered bank clerk and a troubled woman’s photograph. This comic mystery follows an unlikely sleuth through a...
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  • The House Opposite
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    A down-on-his-luck tramp slips into an abandoned house on a dismal London street, hoping for nothing more than a night’s shelter and a crust of cheese. Instead, a bell rings. A pleasant-faced young man asks questions that lead nowhere. A beautiful girl climbs in through a back window and presses a pound note into his hand to make him stay. Then comes the Indian, with a voice li...
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  • Detective Ben
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    On a fog-shrouded bridge at two in the morning, a ragged wanderer stumbles upon a dead man-and, moments later, finds himself swept into the dead man’s place by a beautiful, ruthless woman and her criminal associates. Mistaken for a hired killer, the good-hearted vagrant decides to carry on where a murdered detective left off, playing his dangerous role with nothing but native w...
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  • Following Footsteps
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    J. Jefferson Farjeon’s Following Footsteps is a crime-romance melodrama that follows idealistic artist John Trestle after he encounters a forlorn young pickpocket. Lying to a policeman to keep her out of trouble, he soon learns that Mary is part of a vicious gang of criminals who will stop at nothing to keep her in the fold. Trestle’s attempts to help her escape are complicated...
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  • The 5.18 Mystery
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    An express train rushing toward the north of England; a group of exceedingly mysterious characters; suspicious happenings in rapid succession; a humorous yokel; a bicycle accident; a lady in distress; and after much mystery a satisfactory conclusion, making this Farjeon story one of the best of its kind. Young Freddy Reeve wants an adventure, but may get more than he bargained ...
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  • Seven Dead [Large Print 16 Pt Edition]
    J. Jefferson Farjeon
    WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS Ted Lyte, amateur thief, has chosen an isolated house by the coast for his first robbery. But Haven House is no ordinary country home. While hunting for silverware to steal, Ted stumbles upon a locked room containing seven dead bodies. Detective Inspector Kendall takes on the case with the help of passing yachtsman Thomas Hazeldean. The se...
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