Oxford Bookworms Collection: Crime Never Pays

Edited by Clare West

Murder: the unlawful, intentional killing of a human being - a terrible crime. But murder stories are always fascinating. Who did it? And how? Or why? And was it murder, or just an unfortunate accident? Who will triumph, the murderer or the detective? This collection contains a wide range of murder stories, from the astute detection of the famous Sherlock Holmes, to the chilling psychology of Ruth Rendell.

This collection contains stories by Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, Graham Greene, Angela Noel, Dorothy L. Sayers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Margery Allingham, and Patricia Highsmith.

English level: Advanced - young adults and adults

Oxford Bookworms Collection - Key features

• Short stories written originally for native speakers in unabridged and unadapted form.
• Both classic and modern authors from the English-speaking world.
• Stories in each Collection focus on a theme, such as crime, or a genre, such as science fiction.
• Support provided through a pre-reading introduction, notes on culturally difficult vocabulary and exploitation activities.