#thirteen guests

A review of Seven Dead by J Jefferson Farjeon – 240824 There is nothing worse when you are going about a bit of honest house breaking than finding a room with seven dead bodies, six men and a female dressed in mannish clothing. This is what confronts Ted Lyte at Haven House in the dramatic opening to Jefferson Farjeon’s second and final book in his Inspector Kendall series, originally published…

A review of Thirteen Guests by J Jefferson Farjeon – 240804 A hangover from the Last Supper, having thirteen around a table has been long regarded as unlucky and woe betide you if you are the thirteenth guest. Christie used the idea in her 1933 Poirot novel Lord Edgware Dies and it resurfaces in Jefferson Farjeon’s Thirteen Guests, the first in his series (of two) featuring Inspector Kendall.…