Ben Sees It Through, J. Jefferson Farjeon
Ben Sees It Through, J. Jefferson Farjeon
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Ben Sees It Through

Author: J. Jefferson Farjeon

Narrator: David John

Unabridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/11/2016


Synopsis

With his usual knack of getting into trouble, Ben the tramp finds himself hunted by the law and the lawless.in this breathless adventure. Returning home to his Cockney roots after a trip to Spain, Ben meets a mysterious stranger on a cross-Channel steamer and is promised a job. On arrival at Southampton they take a taxi. Ben gets out to post a letter, but on returning to the cab finds the stranger has been murdered! Pursued by a mysterious foreigner, Ben escapes his clutches, only to find the police are now after him and the whole political establishment is in danger. Combining laughs and thrills, J. Jefferson Farjeon’s sinister tale of murder and blackmail is made all the more exciting thanks to the presence of Ben, the big-hearted vagabond who gets himself into scrape after scrape.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff on February 18, 2022

The likeable Ben the Tramp novels continue the with another enjoyable adventure mystery in "Ben Sees it Through". Picking up where the previous novel Benny and friend Molly return from Spain and straight into another adventure involving a mysterious letter and cap with hidden diamonds. Once again na......more

Goodreads review by Brian on February 22, 2021

I so so wanted this to be good. I was so looking forward to finding myself lost in another series of mysteries. But Ben the character is just too dumb. He makes stupid mistakes over and over again. There's simply no real detecting. And, as another Goodreads reviewer mentioned, his Cockney dialect sp......more

Goodreads review by Colin on September 08, 2017

This is a jolly oddity. Very of it's time and Ben's phonetic accent is often hard to follow. Good enough.......more


Quotes

‘Ben is here more Ben-ish, and consequently more likeable than ever.’ Liverpool Post ‘Ben will once more delight all readers by his adorable Cockney insouciance and nerve.’ Saturday Review