{"product_id":"house-opposite-hb-z49","title":"Jefferson Farjeon: The House Opposite (Detective Club Crime Classics) [2015] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eStrange 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eBen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farjeon, Jefferson \u0026 Keating, H. R. F.","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42031649915065,"sku":"9780008155841","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/farjeon-jefferson-keating-h-r-f-jefferson-farjeon-the-house-opposite-detective-club-crime-classics-2015-hardback-9780008155841-58076341502291.jpg?v=1727905627","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/house-opposite-hb-z49","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}