Murderer’s Trail. J. Farjeon Jefferson

      J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

       Murderer’s Trail

      

       Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain for Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1931

      Copyright © Estate of J. Jefferson Farjeon 1931

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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: 9780008155919

      Ebook Edition © August 2016 ISBN: 9780008155926

      Version: 2016-06-28

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Chapter 1: Invisible Fingers

       Chapter 2: Ben Versus Ghosts

       Chapter 3: The Stomach of a Ship

       Chapter 4: Confidences in the Dark

       Chapter 5: What Happened at Hammersmith

       Chapter 6: The Third Officer

       Chapter 7: The Faggis Jigsaw

       Chapter 8: In the Captain’s Cabin

       Chapter 9: Cross-Examination

      

       Chapter 10: The Man with the Sack

      

       Chapter 11: On the Boat Deck

      

       Chapter 12: Hanging Over Space

      

       Chapter 13: Grim Preparations

      

       Chapter 14: Re-Enter Faggis

      

       Chapter 15: Death Tries Again

      

       Chapter 16: Six in a Boat

      

       Chapter 17: The End of the Voyage

      

       Chapter 18: The Landing

      

       Chapter 19: The Mountain Track

      

       Chapter 20: Arrival at the ‘First Hotel’

      

       Chapter 21: The Conference in the Hut

      

       Chapter 22: The Binding of Ben

      

       Chapter 23: The Chamber of Horrors

      

       Chapter 24: Spain Intervenes

      

       Chapter 25: How Mr Sims Killed Ben

      

       Chapter 26: Life Grows Worse and Worse

      

       Chapter 27: The End of the Bridge

      

       Chapter 28: Through the Night