Order of Joseph Jefferson Farjeon Books

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon was an English novelist renowned for his crime and mystery stories, particularly the Detective Ben series. He also created the character Detective X. Crook, featured in Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction. Farjeon was celebrated for his crime novels, with Dorothy L. Sayers praising his “unsurpassed creepy skill.” Among his notable works is the play No. 17, which was adapted into films, including one directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Recently, HarperCollins has reissued all the Ben the Tramp books, giving them a new lease on life.

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon became a published novelist in 1924 with the novel The Confusing Friendship. Below is a list of Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Confusing Friendship	(1924)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Master Criminal	(1924)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Uninvited Guests	(1925)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Crooks' Shadow	(1925)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Little Things That Happen	(1925)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
At the Green Dragon / The Green Dragon	(1926)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House of Disappearance	(1928)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Little Happenings	(1928)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadows by the Sea	(1928)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery Underground / Underground	(1928)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Appointed Date	(1929)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Person Called Z	(1929)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The 5:18 Mystery	(1929)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Following Footsteps	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mystery on the Moor	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Z Murders	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House Opposite	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trunk Call / The Trunk Call Mystery	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Old Man Mystery	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death in Fancy Dress / Fancy Dress Ball	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mystery of the Creek / The House on the Marsh	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sinister Inn	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mystery of Dead Man's Heath / Dead Man's Heath	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Holiday Express	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Singer	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
His Lady Secretary	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mountain Mystery	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventure of Edward	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dangerous Beauty	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery in White	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Holiday at Half Mast	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Yellow Devil	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Compleat Smuggler	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dark Lady	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
End of An Author / Death in the Inkwell	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thirteen Guests	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seven Dead	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Exit John Horton / Friday the 13th	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Aunt Sunday Takes Command / Aunt Sunday Sees It Through	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Room Number Six	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Interrupted Honeymoon (As:Anthony Swift)	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Third Victim	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Judge Sums Up	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House of Shadows	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at a Police Station (As:Anthony Swift)	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Greenmask	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
November the Ninth at Kersea (As:Anthony Swift)	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Castle	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rona Runs Away	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Peril in the Pyrenees	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Oval Table	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Back to Victoria	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Works of Smith Minor	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventure at Eighty	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Benelogues	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a World	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Prelude to Crime	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Llewellyn Jewel Mystery	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Disappearances of Uncle David	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Impossible Guest	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lone House Mystery	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shadow of Thirteen	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cause Unknown	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Change with Me	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mother Goes Gay	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Adventure for Nine	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House Over the Tunnel	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery on Wheels	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Money Walks	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mystery of the Map	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Double Crime	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Castle of Fear	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bob Hits the Headlines	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Caravan Adventure	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Ben The Tramp Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
No. 17	(1926)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murderer��s Trail / Phantom Fingers	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ben on the Job	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ben Sees It Through	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Little God Ben	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Detective Ben	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Number Nineteen	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Z Murders	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery in White	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thirteen Guests	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seven Dead	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London's Detectives	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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