Ben Sees It Through

Ben Sees It Through
J. Jefferson Farjeon

With his usual knack of getting into trouble, Ben the tramp finds himself hunted by the law and the lawless.in this breathless adventure.Returning home to his Cockney roots after a trip to Spain, Ben meets a mysterious stranger on a cross-Channel steamer and is promised a job. On arrival at Southampton they take a taxi. Ben gets out to post a letter, but on returning to the cab finds the stranger has been murdered! Pursued by a mysterious foreigner, Ben escapes his clutches, only to find the police are now after him and the whole political establishment is in danger.Combining laughs and thrills, J. Jefferson Farjeon’s sinister tale of murder and blackmail is made all the more exciting thanks to the presence of Ben, the big-hearted vagabond who gets himself into scrape after scrape.

J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

Ben Sees It Through

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

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Source ISBN: 9780008155940

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Table of Contents

Cover (#u39b42d9a-9442-5ea4-95b6-16ac89106d47)

Title Page (#u212dda93-9826-57ea-8539-a6604ac00cd0)

Copyright (#u993ae236-29b4-528c-b5af-c630d89800a3)

Chapter 1: The Cap That Started It (#udf25dc84-7b76-5f1f-b70d-dff525e63770)

Chapter 2: Two in a Taxi (#u88b599b7-6de3-5e81-b2a8-a7f6314b31ae)

Chapter 3: Flight (#ub447a35b-0598-5d70-824e-caf2b4ec1ea2)

Chapter 4: Diablo! (#u7c19dc62-6672-54bc-8df6-45008663f71e)

Chapter 5: Drama in a Bar (#u52b65002-8b9f-582e-b289-cde32effe4da)

Chapter 6: Sanctuary in a Barn (#u554fc96f-14fb-560a-8864-bfc1623b00ef)

Chapter 7: Wanted, an Address (#uf182b73b-d9be-5931-a636-03db49f96077)

Chapter 8: Largely Concerning Ben’s Clothes (#u2104a641-aa2c-57e9-af1f-f035e01ffa89)

Chapter 9: ‘Where’s the Sailor?’ (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10: Incidents in North Lane (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Hunt the Corpse (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12: The House of Dimness (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: The Attraction of Pink (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14: The Mysterious Caller (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: Down Agine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Quadruple-Crossing (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: Secrets Behind Doors (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Molly’s Story (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: Don Pasquali (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: The Contents of a Chimney (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Back to Waterloo (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22: Re-Enter the Cap (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23: Ben Versus London (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24: Back to Horror House (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25: Played in the Darkness (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26: The Cap’s Secret (#litres_trial_promo)