{"product_id":"9780008155858","title":"The House Opposite","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Collins Crime Club archive, the first original novel to feature Ben the Cockney tramp, the unorthodox detective character created by J. Jefferson Farjeon, author of Mystery in White.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrange 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 worse—the offer of a job!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen the ‘passing tramp’ was immortalised on film by Alfred Hitchcock in the film Number 17, based on a popular ’twenties 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 Club’s 1985 ‘Disappearing Detectives’ series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. Jefferson Farjeon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285350203541,"sku":"9780008155858","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008155858.jpg?v=1776992090","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008155858","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}