Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most popular author of all time in all languages. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language students. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading system to ensure that the language is at the right level for an intermediate student. This book is level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 corresponds to the CEF B2 level with a word count of 20,000 – 26,000 words.

Each book includes:

• Full reading of the adapted edition available online for free
• Useful notes about the characters
• Cultural and historical notes related to the plot
• Dictionary of the most difficult words

An advertisement in the local newspaper announces that a murder will take place tonight at Little Paddocks – but this is news even for the people living at Little Paddocks! Excited residents and friends show up that night – perhaps it’s a game, they think. The lights go out, silence prevails, and then a gunshot is heard… It seems this was not a game. Someone has actually been murdered!

Pages: 128, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm