J. JEFFERSON FARJEON () 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 4/5(). In Thirteen Guests, thirteen people from different ranks and occupations are invited to the country house named Bragley Court of Lord Aveling for a hunting party. During the course, a painting is mutilated, a dog is killed, two men (one. This classic mystery of the "Golden Age" detective fiction by J. Jefferson Farjeon was a real fun read/5(). · Thirteen Guests (): J. Jefferson Farjeon March 7, April 8, John Foss, a young man in a state of distraction, gets his foot caught while leaving the .
Thirteen Guests is so typical of Farjeon's work that this book and his other dozens of publications certainly merit re-reading and I am pleased that he has attained a well deserved place in the British Library's Crime Classics. 'Thirteen Guests' by J. Jefferson Farjeon is published by the British Library, £ paperback. J. JEFFERSON FARJEON () 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. In Thirteen Guests, thirteen people from different ranks and occupations are invited to the country house named Bragley Court of Lord Aveling for a hunting party. During the course, a painting is mutilated, a dog is killed, two men (one. This classic mystery of the "Golden Age" detective fiction by J. Jefferson Farjeon was a real fun read.
J Jefferson Farjeon is one of the great unsung authors of the Golden Age of Mystery. Thirteen Guests is a thrilling mystery that is wittily written and possesses a complex puzzle. It is wonderful to see this novel, first published in , made available to a new generation of mystery lovers. Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Thirteen guests. 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.
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