Joseph Jefferson Farjeon

3 Series

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon was an English author renowned for his crime and mystery novels. He is best known for the Detective Ben series and for creating the Detective X. Crook character featured in Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction.

In "Thirteen Guests" by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country estate, attended by affluent guests. The thirteenth guest, John Foss, arrives injured from a train station incident and is invited to recuperate there. Tension escalates when a death occurs, prompting the arrival of Detective Inspector Kendall. Tasked with unraveling the mystery, Kendall delves into the secretive pasts of the diverse guests. The detective's skills are challenged as he seeks to uncover the truth behind the fatal incident.

Ben The Tramp

No. 17

(1926)

Murderer’s Trail / Phantom Fingers

(1931)

Ben on the Job

(1932)

Ben Sees It Through

(1932)

Little God Ben

(1935)

Detective Ben

(1936)

Number Nineteen

(1952)

Standalone Novels

The Confusing Friendship

(1924)

The Master Criminal

(1924)

Uninvited Guests

(1925)

The Crooks' Shadow

(1925)

Little Things That Happen

(1925)

At the Green Dragon / The Green Dragon

(1926)

The House of Disappearance

(1928)

More Little Happenings

(1928)

Shadows by the Sea

(1928)

Mystery Underground / Underground

(1928)

The Appointed Date

(1929)

The Person Called Z

(1929)

The 5:18 Mystery

(1929)

Following Footsteps

(1930)

The Mystery on the Moor

(1930)

The Z Murders

(1931)

The House Opposite

(1931)

Trunk Call / The Trunk Call Mystery

(1932)

Old Man Mystery

(1933)

Death in Fancy Dress / Fancy Dress Ball

(1933)

The Mystery of the Creek / The House on the Marsh

(1933)

Sinister Inn

(1934)

The Mystery of Dead Man's Heath / Dead Man's Heath

(1934)

Holiday Express

(1935)

The Golden Singer

(1935)

His Lady Secretary

(1935)

Mountain Mystery

(1935)

The Adventure of Edward

(1936)

Dangerous Beauty

(1936)

Mystery in White

(1937)

Holiday at Half Mast

(1937)

Yellow Devil

(1937)

The Compleat Smuggler

(1938)

Dark Lady

(1938)

End of An Author / Death in the Inkwell

(1938)

Thirteen Guests

(1938)

Seven Dead

(1939)

Exit John Horton / Friday the 13th

(1939)

Aunt Sunday Takes Command / Aunt Sunday Sees It Through

(1940)

Room Number Six

(1941)

Interrupted Honeymoon

(1941)(As:Anthony Swift)

The Third Victim

(1941)

The Judge Sums Up

(1942)

The House of Shadows

(1943)

Murder at a Police Station

(1943)(As:Anthony Swift)

Greenmask

(1944)

November the Ninth at Kersea

(1944)(As:Anthony Swift)

Black Castle

(1944)

Rona Runs Away

(1945)

Peril in the Pyrenees

(1946)

The Oval Table

(1946)

Back to Victoria

(1947)

The Works of Smith Minor

(1947)

The Adventure at Eighty

(1948)

Benelogues

(1948)

Death of a World

(1948)

Prelude to Crime

(1948)

The Llewellyn Jewel Mystery

(1948)

The Disappearances of Uncle David

(1949)

The Impossible Guest

(1949)

The Lone House Mystery

(1949)

The Shadow of Thirteen

(1949)

Cause Unknown

(1950)

Change with Me

(1950)

Mother Goes Gay

(1950)

Adventure for Nine

(1951)

The House Over the Tunnel

(1951)

Mystery on Wheels

(1951)

Money Walks

(1953)

The Mystery of the Map

(1953)

The Double Crime

(1953)

Castle of Fear

(1954)

Bob Hits the Headlines

(1954)

The Caravan Adventure

(1955)

British Library Crime Classics

The Notting Hill Mystery

(1862)(By: Charles Warren Adams)

The Poisoned Chocolates Case

(1929)(By: Anthony Berkeley)

It Walks by Night

(1930)(By: John Dickson Carr)

The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham

(1930)(By: Miles Burton)

Castle Skull

(1931)(By: John Dickson Carr)

Mystery in the Channel

(1931)(By: Freeman Crofts)

The Incredible Crime

(1931)(By: Lois Austen-Leigh)

Murder of a Lady

(1931)(By: Anthony Wynne)

The Lost Gallows

(1931)(By: John Dickson Carr)

The Z Murders

(1931)

The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder

(1932)(By: John Dickson Carr)

The Division Bell Mystery

(1932)(By: Ellen Wilkinson)

Portrait of a Murderer

(1933)(By: Anne Meredith)

Death in Fancy Dress

(1933)(By: Anthony Gilbert)

Family Matters

(1933)(By: Anthony Rolls)

The Hog's Back Mystery

(1933)(By: Freeman Crofts)

The Mysterious Mr. Badman

(1934)(By: William Fryer Harvey)

Murder Underground

(1934)(By: Mavis Doriel Hay)

Scarweather

(1934)(By: Anthony Rolls)

Death of an Airman

(1934)(By: Christopher St. John Sprigg)

The Spy Paramount

(1934)(By: E. Phillips Oppenheim)

The 12.30 from Croydon

(1934)(By: Freeman Crofts)

The Chianti Flask

(1934)(By: Marie Belloc Lowndes)

Weekend at Thrackley

(1934)(By: Alan Melville)

Quick Curtain

(1934)(By: Alan Melville)

The Lake District Murder

(1935)(By: John Bude)

Death on the Cherwell

(1935)(By: Mavis Doriel Hay)

The Cornish Coast Murder

(1935)(By: John Bude)

The Traitor

(1936)(By: Sydney Horler)

The Santa Klaus Murder

(1936)(By: Mavis Doriel Hay)

The Sussex Downs Murder

(1936)(By: John Bude)

Death of Anton

(1936)(By: Alan Melville)

The Wheel Spins

(1936)(By: Ethel Lina White)

Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel

(1936)(By: Miles Burton)

Murder in Piccadilly

(1936)(By: Charles Kingston)

Mystery in White

(1937)

Bats in the Belfry

(1937)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

The Cheltenham Square Murder

(1937)(By: John Bude)

Excellent Intentions

(1938)(By: Richard Hull)

Murder in the Museum

(1938)(By: John Rowland)

Antidote to Venom

(1938)(By: Freeman Crofts)

Thirteen Guests

(1938)

The Port of London Murders

(1938)(By: Josephine Bell)

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

(1939)(By: Leonard R. Gribble)

Seven Dead

(1939)

Verdict of Twelve

(1940)(By: Raymond Postgate)

A Scream in Soho

(1940)(By: John G. Brandon)

Death of a Busybody

(1942)(By: George Bellairs)

The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack

(1942)(By: George Bellairs)

Somebody at the Door

(1943)(By: Raymond Postgate)

Murder's a Swine

(1943)(By: Nap Lombard)

Checkmate to Murder

(1944)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Fell Murder

(1944)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Murder by Matchlight

(1945)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Trouble on the Thames

(1945)(By: Victor Bridges)

Fire in the Thatch

(1946)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Death Makes a Prophet

(1947)(By: John Bude)

Smallbone Deceased

(1950)(By: Michael Gilbert)

Calamity in Kent

(1950)(By: John Rowland)

Death Has Deep Roots

(1951)(By: Michael Gilbert)

Last Seen Wearing

(1952)(By: Hillary Waugh)

The Danger Within / Death in Captivity

(1952)(By: Michael Gilbert)

Murder in the Mill-Race

(1952)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Crossed Skis

(1952)(By: Carol Carnac)

Death on the Riviera

(1952)(By: John Bude)

The Man Who Didn't Fly

(1955)(By: Margot Bennett)

The Colour Of Murder

(1957)(By: Julian Symons)

The Christmas Egg

(1958)(By: Mary Kelly)

The Progress of a Crime

(1960)(By: Julian Symons)

Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm

(1960)(By: Gil North)

The Spoilt Kill

(1961)(By: Mary Kelly)

The Body in the Dumb River

(1961)(By: George Bellairs)

Due to a Death

(1963)(By: Mary Kelly)

Surfeit of Suspects

(1964)(By: George Bellairs)

The Belting Inheritance

(1965)(By: Julian Symons)

The Last Best Friend

(1967)(By: George Sims)

The End of the Web

(1976)(By: George Sims)

Capital Crimes

(2015)(By: Martin Edwards,Richard Marsh)

Resorting to Murder

(2015)(By: Martin Edwards)

Silent Nights

(2015)(By: Martin Edwards)

Murder at the Manor

(2016)(By: Martin Edwards)

Serpents in Eden

(2016)(By: Martin Edwards)

Crimson Snow

(2016)(By: Martin Edwards,Fergus Hume)

Foreign Bodies

(2017)(By: Martin Edwards,Palle Rosenkrantz)

The Long Arm of the Law

(2017)(By: Martin Edwards)

Miraculous Mysteries

(2017)(By: Martin Edwards)

Continental Crimes

(2017)(By: Martin Edwards)

Blood on the Tracks

(2018)(By: Martin Edwards)

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

(2018)(By: Martin Edwards)

Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book

(2018)(By: Kate Jackson)

Deep Waters

(2019)(By: Martin Edwards)

The Measure of Malice

(2019)(By: Martin Edwards)

The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums

(2019)(By: Kate Jackson)

Settling Scores

(2020)(By: Martin Edwards)

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries

(2020)(By: Martin Edwards)

Two-Way Murder

(2021)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Guilty Creatures

(2021)(By: Martin Edwards)

Death of an Author

(2024)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Crimes of Cymru

(2024)(By: Martin Edwards)

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