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J. JEFFERSON FARJEON
Number Nineteen
COLLINS CRIME CLUB An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published in Great Britain for Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1952 Copyright © Estate of J. Jefferson Farjeon 1952 Cover design by Mike Topping © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016 Cover background images © shutterstock.com A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Source ISBN: 9780008156060 Ebook Edition © August 2016 ISBN: 9780008156077 Version: 2016-06-28 Table of Contents
Chapter 2: More Trouble on a Bed
Chapter 3: Mr Smith v. Mr Jones
Chapter 4: Transformation Scene
Chapter 5: Behind the Locked Door
Chapter 7: Conversation on a Doorstep
Chapter 10: Conference on the Stairs
Chapter 11: Discoveries in the Dawn
Chapter 12: Ben Receives Instructions
Chapter 19: Exchange of Information
Chapter 20: The Enemy Closes in
Chapter 26: Conference at Top Level
Chapter 28: The Nightmare Chimes Out