The House Opposite
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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 worseโthe offer of a job!
Ben the โpassing trampโ was immortalised on film by Alfred Hitchcock in the film Number 17, based on a popular โtwenties 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 Clubโs 1985 โDisappearing Detectivesโ series.
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J. Jefferson Farjeon (1883-1955) was the author of more than 60 crime and thriller novels. His work was highly acclaimed in his day. He is now best known as the author of the bestselling โMystery in Whiteโ, and also โNo.17โ, a play that was brought to the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock and led to the series of popular โBenโ detective novels.
