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| Author | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Detective Ben |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1931 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Number 17 |
| Followed by | Murderer's Trail |
The House Opposite is a 1931 mystery crime novel by the British writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon. [1] It was the second in his series of novels featuring Detective Ben, following the 1926 novel Number 17 . It was published by the Collins Crime Club which had been established the previous year.
It was made into a 1932 British film of the same title directed by Walter Summers and starring Henry Kendall and Frank Stanmore. It was produced by British International Pictures who also released Number Seventeen a version of the first novel in the series, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. [2]