
No. 17
by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Title:
No. 17
Author:
J. Jefferson Farjeon
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780008155889
EAN:
9780008155889
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
284
Dimensions (mm):
131 x 197 x 16
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The first book featuring Ben, the lovable, humorous ex-sailor and down-at-heels rascal who can’t help running into trouble. Ben is back home from the Merchant Navy, penniless as usual and looking for digs in fog-bound London. Taking shelter in an abandoned old house, he stumbles across a dead body – and scarpers. Running into a detective, Gilbert Fordyce, the reluctant Ben is persuaded to return to the house and investigate the mystery of the corpse – which promptly disappears! The vacant No.17 is the rendezvous for a gang of villains, and the cowardly Ben finds himself in the thick of thieves with no way of escape. Ben’s first adventure, No.17, began life in the 1920s as an internationally successful stage play and was immortalised on film by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock. Its author, J. Jefferson Farjeon, wrote more than 60 crime thrillers, eight featuring Ben the tramp, his most popular character.














