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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.

    Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story
    The House Opposite
    Seven Dead
    No. 17
    Thirteen Guests
    Ben Sees It Through
    • 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 Through
      3,4
    • Thirteen Guests

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country house, when events take a sinister turn. A painting is mutilated, a dog stabbed, and a man strangled. Death strikes more than one of the house guests and its up to Detective Inspector Kendall's to uncover this murder mystery.

      Thirteen Guests
      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. 17
      3,3
    • 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 Dead
      3,5
    • 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 Opposite
      3,2
    • 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 Murders
      3,3