As the Inspector Said and Other Stories — John Escott

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will be free to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after all...Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective...These five stories from the golden age of crime writing are full of mystery and surprises. CEFR B1 Word count 9,600