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    Detective Ben
    Detective Ben
    Detective Ben
    Audiobook7 hours

    Detective Ben

    Written by J. Jefferson Farjeon

    Narrated by David John

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    Ben the tramp, the awkward Cockney with no home and no surname, turns detective again – and runs straight into trouble.

    Ben encounters a dead man on a London bridge and is promptly rescued from the same fate by a posh lady in a limousine. But like most posh ladies of Ben’s acquaintance, this one isn’t what she seems. Seeking escape from a gang of international conspirators, Ben is whisked off to the mountains of Scotland to thwart the schemes of a poisonous organisation and finds himself in very unfamiliar territory.

    With its startling prelude, Detective Ben is a glorious adventure, told with the unsurpassed mixture of humour and creepy thrills that made J. Jefferson Farjeon famous and Ben the tramp one of the best-loved characters of the Golden Age.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 11, 2016
    ISBN9780008156022

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    • 5/5
      Narrator fantastic. Story and style very odd. Narrator makes it worth listening to.