From the Collins Crime Club archive, the first original novel to
feature Ben the Cockney tramp, the unorthodox detective character
created by J. Jefferson Farjeon, author of Mystery in White.
Strange things are happening in the untenanted houses of Jowle
Street. There are unaccountable creakings and weird knockings on
the door of No.29, where a homeless ex-sailor has taken up
residence. But even stranger things are happening in the House
Opposite, from where a beautiful woman in an evening gown brings
Ben a mysterious message; and worse-the offer of a job! Ben the
'passing tramp' was immortalised on film by Alfred Hitchcock in
'Number 17', based on a popular 'twenties stage play and
novelisation by journalist-turned-author Joe Jefferson Farjeon. The
House Opposite (1931) was the first full-length original novel to
feature Ben, a reluctant down-at-heels Cockney sleuth, who went on
to feature in six more successful detective thrillers from 1931 to
1952. This Detective Story Club classic includes an introduction by
H. R. F. Keating, author of the award-winning Inspector Ghote
mysteries, which first appeared in the Crime Club's 1985
'Disappearing Detectives' series.
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