Ben the tramp is back at sea, a stowaway bound for Spain in the company of a wanted man - the Hammersmith murderer.
Ben, wandering hungry through the foggy back alleys of Limehouse, is spooked by news of an old man murdered in Hammersmith - and runs! He crosses a plank, slips through an iron door, and goes to sea with the coal. But so does the man who did the murder, and a very pretty lady who did not. On the way, the Atlanta loses a stowaway, a pickpocket, a murderer, a super-crook, a wealthy passenger, the third officer and a lifeboat. And that is how Ben gets to Spain . . .
Combining laughs and thrills on every page, J. Jefferson Farjeon's books about the adventures of Ben the tramp entertained 1930s detective readers like no other Crime Club series, and Murderer's Trail was more popular than ever.
ISBN: | 9780008155919 |
Publication date: | 11th August 2016 |
Author: | J Jefferson Farjeon |
Publisher: | Collins Crime Club an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 312 pages |
Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Sea stories Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages Classic crime and mystery fiction Historical crime and mysteries Thriller and Suspense |