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J. Jefferson Farjeon

    Joseph Jefferson Farjeon est issu d'une dynastie littéraire, suivant les traces de son père romancier. Il s'est forgé une carrière prolifique, écrivant plus de quatre-vingts romans qui ont magistralement mêlé mystère et romance, s'établissant comme un des premiers innovateurs dans la fusion de ces genres. Ses œuvres sont célébrées pour leur humour fin, leur esprit vif et leurs intrigues souvent palpitantes et sinistres qui captivaient les lecteurs. La capacité de Farjeon à créer des intrigues ingénieuses et des personnages vivants lui a valu une large reconnaissance pour ses récits divertissants.

    Thirteen Guests
    Ben Sees It Through
    Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case
    Ben on the Job
    Detective Ben
    Little God Ben
    • Seven Dead

      • 288pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      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 search for the house's absent owners brings Hazeldean across the Channel to Boulogne, where he finds more than one motive to stay and investigate. Seven Dead is an atmospheric crime novel first published in 1939.

      Seven Dead2017
      3,5
    • Murderer's Trail

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Ben the tramp is back at sea, a stowaway bound for Spain in the company of a wanted man - the Hammersmith murderer.

      Murderer's Trail2016
      3,2
    • Little God Ben

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific.

      Little God Ben2016
      3,6
    • Detective Ben

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Ben the tramp, the awkward Cockney with no home and no surname, turns detective again - and runs straight into trouble.

      Detective Ben2016
      3,7
    • Ben Sees It Through

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      With his usual knack of getting into trouble, Ben the tramp finds himself hunted by the law and the lawless.in this breathless adventure.

      Ben Sees It Through2016
      3,4
    • Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Ben the tramp's uncanny knack of running into trouble is unsurpassed in the final crime thriller written for him by J. Jefferson Farjeon.

      Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case2016
      3,1
    • Ben on the Job

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Ben the tramp, with his usual genius for trouble, runs into danger when he finds a dead body and decides to help out.

      Ben on the Job2016
      3,6
    • No. 17

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      The first book featuring Ben, the lovable, humorous ex-sailor and down-at- heels rascal who can't help running into trouble.

      No. 172016
      3,3
    • The Z Murders

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Richard Temperley sets off in pursuit of a mysterious woman and finds himself embroiled in a cross-country chase - by train and taxi - on the tail of a sinister serial killer.

      The Z Murders2015
      3,3
    • The House Opposite

      • 272pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      The return of Ben, the prince of tramps with his rich Cockney humour and naive philosophies - and in trouble as usual.

      The House Opposite2015
      3,2