Ben Sees It Through. J. Farjeon Jefferson

      J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

       Ben Sees It Through

       Copyright

      COLLINS CRIME CLUB

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      First published in Great Britain for Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1932

      Copyright © Estate of J. Jefferson Farjeon 1932

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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: 9780008155940

      Ebook Edition © August 2016 ISBN: 9780008155957

      Version: 2016-07-07

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Chapter 1: The Cap That Started It

       Chapter 2: Two in a Taxi

       Chapter 3: Flight

       Chapter 4: Diablo!

       Chapter 5: Drama in a Bar

       Chapter 6: Sanctuary in a Barn

       Chapter 7: Wanted, an Address

       Chapter 8: Largely Concerning Ben’s Clothes

      

       Chapter 9: ‘Where’s the Sailor?’

      

       Chapter 10: Incidents in North Lane

      

       Chapter 11: Hunt the Corpse

      

       Chapter 12: The House of Dimness

      

       Chapter 13: The Attraction of Pink

      

       Chapter 14: The Mysterious Caller

      

       Chapter 15: Down Agine

      

       Chapter 16: Quadruple-Crossing

      

       Chapter 17: Secrets Behind Doors

      

       Chapter 18: Molly’s Story

      

       Chapter 19: Don Pasquali

      

       Chapter 20: The Contents of a Chimney

      

       Chapter 21: Back to Waterloo

      

       Chapter 22: Re-Enter the Cap

      

       Chapter 23: Ben Versus London

      

       Chapter 24: Back to Horror House

      

       Chapter 25: Played in the Darkness

      

       Chapter 26: The Cap’s Secret

      

       Chapter 27: Blade Against Bullet

      

       Chapter 28: Cornered

      

       Chapter 29: The Mind of Mr Lovelace