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.
J. Jefferson Farjeon Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon se narodil do literární rodiny a navázal na tradici svého otce, známého romanopisce. Ve své rozsáhlé tvorbě, čítající přes osmdesát románů, mistrně proplétal napínavé detektivní zápletky s romantickými prvky, což mu vyneslo uznání jako jednomu z prvních autorů, kteří tyto žánry spojili. Jeho díla jsou charakteristická vtipem, satirou a občas i znepokojivými dějovými zvraty, které čtenáře udržovaly v napětí. Farjeonova schopnost vytvářet vynalézavé zápletky a živé postavy mu zajistila zaslouženou popularitu.
Ben the tramp is back at sea, a stowaway bound for Spain in the company of a wanted man - the Hammersmith murderer.
Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific.
Ben the tramp, the awkward Cockney with no home and no surname, turns detective again - and runs straight into trouble.
With his usual knack of getting into trouble, Ben the tramp finds himself hunted by the law and the lawless.in this breathless adventure.
Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case
- 240 stránek
- 9 hodin čtení
Ben the tramp's uncanny knack of running into trouble is unsurpassed in the final crime thriller written for him by J. Jefferson Farjeon.
Ben the tramp, with his usual genius for trouble, runs into danger when he finds a dead body and decides to help out.
The first book featuring Ben, the lovable, humorous ex-sailor and down-at- heels rascal who can't help running into trouble.
The Z Murders
- 256 stránek
- 9 hodin čtení
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 return of Ben, the prince of tramps with his rich Cockney humour and naive philosophies - and in trouble as usual.
