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Detective Ben

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Detective Ben

By: J. Jefferson Farjeon
Narrated by: David John
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Ben the tramp, the awkward Cockney with no home and no surname, turns detective again – and runs straight into trouble.

Ben encounters a dead man on a London bridge and is promptly rescued from the same fate by a posh lady in a limousine. But like most posh ladies of Ben’s acquaintance, this one isn’t what she seems. Seeking escape from a gang of international conspirators, Ben is whisked off to the mountains of Scotland to thwart the schemes of a poisonous organisation and finds himself in very unfamiliar territory.

With its startling prelude, Detective Ben is a glorious adventure, told with the unsurpassed mixture of humour and creepy thrills that made J. Jefferson Farjeon famous and Ben the tramp one of the best-loved characters of the Golden Age.

Amateur Sleuths Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives Crime

Critic reviews

‘Jefferson Farjeon is a master of the particular art of blending horrors with humour.’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Ben is a sheer joy.’ GLASGOW HERALD

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