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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: • A CD with a reading of the adapted story• Helpful notes...
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"From twice National Book Award-nominated Rachel Kushner, whose Flamethrowers was called "the best, most brazen, most interesting book of the year" (Kathryn Schulz, New York magazine), comes a spectacularly compelling, heart-stopping novel about a life gone off the rails in contemporary America. It's 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility, deep in California's Central Valley....
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As the Siren of the Seas nears its next port of call, a group of disgruntled crewmembers circulate a petition to have the ship's purser fired.
Millie is shocked to learn that not only is her close friend's name at the top of the list, but other loyal crewmembers' names are listed as well.
Her friend swears she never signed the petition, and Millie jumps in to investigate after suspecting there's more going on than having the purser removed.
Millie's...
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As the Siren of the Seas continues their British Isles cruise season, Millie can't wait for her first ever visit to a castle – and Blarney Castle at that.
She and Amit plan to visit the castle to pick up some Hawthorne berries for Annette, hoping they'll help her friend's heart condition.
Unfortunately, all of the tours are booked and taxis nearly impossible to get by the time they are able to get off the ship.
Sophia reaches out to a friend...
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Dr. Emily Hartford is back in Chicago, ready to move forward and leave the past behind, until an unexpected request for help sends her deep into an investigation-and into the path of a killer.
Seventeen months after the Parkman case, Dr. Hartford has returned to Chicago to finish her surgical residency. But when she is contacted out of the blue by Solange McClelland, the only survivor of a decade-old triple homicide, Emily is compelled to dig deeper....
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High-flying city cop Susan never expected to wind up in Hampstead, Kansas-a sleepy little town where there are more pigs than people. But she moved here to be with the man she loved. One year after his murder, the folk of Hampstead need police chief Susan more than ever. Professor Carena Egersund is out walking in the woods when a dog comes bounding over. Carena looks for the owner-and spots a dead body floating face-down in the creek! A few days...
7) Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (A Bodies from the Library spe
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It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives – to show us places we want to escape to, lives we want to live, people we want to love. But there are also stories that can only be found in the deepest, darkest corners of the library. Stories about the unexplained, of lost souls, of things that go bump before the silence. Before the screaming. And some stories just disappear. Stories printed in old newspapers, broadcast...
8) Gold Rings
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There is never a good time to look upon the face of a dead loved one. But Mr Unwin has dedicated his life to helping the bereaved. While helping himself at the same time... Another story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English. Mrs Boynton, a cruel and hated woman, is found dead in the ancient city of Petra. Was it just a weak heart...
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Billy Partridge wasn't really cut out to be a cat burglar, but it was "do the job, or come up with thirteen grand by Thursday, or have both legs shattered." "Do the job" seemed the least worst option. But he's about to find out just how bad the least worst option can be... The first story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season
11) Geese a Laying
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The maternity ward: the last place you'd associate with criminal activity. Which makes it as good a place as any to carry it out... Another story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season.
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Amateur sleuth Violet Brewster wants to embrace the quiet village life, but a decades-old mystery threatens to disrupt the peace of her new hometown...
Ex-journalist Violet Brewster is keen to make a good first impression in her new community, having just moved to the small village of Merrywell. When Violet hears about the mystery of Helen Slingsby, who disappeared from the village forty years earlier, she decides to help uncover what happened. But...
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Meet, mystery writer, coffee lover, and amateur detective? Crime writer returns to her small hometown with a bestselling book behind her and a bad case of writer's block. Finding sanctuary in the local bookstore, with an endless supply of coffee, Jen waits impatiently for inspiration to strike. The stakes are suddenly higher when evidence places Jen at the scene of the crime and the reading of the will names her as the new owner of the bookstore......
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English. Famous scientists from around the world are disappearing and nobody knows why. The one woman who can help...
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It's Christmas Eve, but the criminals never stop working, so neither do the police. The raid is on...but things don't go entirely to plan... Another story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season.
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When novice detective Atalanta Ashford is whisked away to Italy by her friend, race car driver Raoul Lemont, she anticipates a happy holiday under the Tuscan sun. But a chance meeting on the Orient Express with Italian heiress Catharina Lanetti leads to a party invitation…and front row seats for a mysterious murder! With their new friend under suspicion Atalanta and Raoul set to work trying to discover who really murdered Catharina's father. But...
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After six long months with no new cases for her Cornish detective agency, Donna ‘Deadly’ Nightshade jumps at the chance to spend a weekend undercover on St Michael’s Mount. With seven high profile attendees – including the Home Secretary – this is a high stakes case. As a storm descends on the tidal island, they’re cut off from the rest of the world. Friends turn to enemies and before the rain has ceased it’s not just one murder Donna...
Author
Language
English
Description
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English.
19) Maids a Milking
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Brian's about to discover that life as a drug dealer can have hidden benefits. But he might come to wish he'd never taken advantage of them... Another story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season.
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