Ben on the Job. J. Farjeon Jefferson

      J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

       Ben on the Job

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      First published in Great Britain for Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1952

      Copyright © Estate of J. Jefferson Farjeon 1952

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008156039

      Ebook Edition © August 2016 ISBN: 9780008156046

      Version: 2016-06-14

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Chapter 1: Misbehaviour of Two Thumbs

       Chapter 2: Strange Partnership

       Chapter 3: Step by Step

       Chapter 4: The Lady of the Picture

       Chapter 5: Ben Gets a Job

       Chapter 6: The Kentons at Home

      

       Chapter 7: Conversation on a Doorstep

      

       Chapter 8: Vanishing Act

      

       Chapter 9: Ben V. Maudie

      

       Chapter 10: Concerning Two Others

      

       Chapter 11: Start of a Bad Day

      

       Chapter 12: Waiting for Maudie

      

       Chapter 13: Parlour Tricks

      

       Chapter 14: Back in Drewet Road

      

       Chapter 15: Mrs Wilby Talks

      

       Chapter 16: Face to Face

      

       Chapter 17: What Happened at Euston

      

       Chapter 18: Two in a Train

      

       Chapter 19: Conference Over Coffee

      

       Chapter 20: Re-Enter Blake

      

       Chapter 21: Ben Listens to the Impossible

      

       Chapter 22: The Truth at Last

      

       Chapter 23: Completion of the Job

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       1

       Misbehaviour of Two Thumbs

      When Ben had got up that morning—getting