Thirteen Guests

J. Jefferson Farjeon

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The British Library Publishing Division
03 September 2015

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: British Library Crime Classics

No observer, ignorant of the situation, would have guessed that death lurked nearby, and that only a little distance from the glitter of silver and glass and the hum of voices two victims lay silent on a studio floor.'On a fine autumn weekend Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country house, Bragley Court. Among the guests are an actress, a journalist, an artist and a mystery novelist.

The unlucky thirteenth is John Foss, injured at the local train station and brought to the house to recuperate - but John is nursing a secret of his own.

Soon events take a sinister turn when a painting is mutilated, a dog stabbed, and a man strangled. Death strikes more than one of the house guests, and the police are called. Detective Inspector Kendall's skills are tested to the utmost as he tries to uncover the hidden past of everyone at Bragley Court.

This country-house mystery is a forgotten classic of 1930s crime fiction by one of the most undeservedly neglected of golden age detective novelists.

By: J. Jefferson Farjeon
Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 132mm,
ISBN: 9780712356015
ISBN 10: 0712356010
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 September 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. Jefferson Farjeon (1883-1955) was the author of more than sixty crime and thriller novels. His work was highly acclaimed in his day; Dorothy L. Sayers wrote that 'Jefferson Farjeon is quite unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures'. Farjeon is now best known as the author of Number Seventeen, a play that was adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock. His Christmas crime novel, Mystery in White, was republished by the British Library in 2014.