Collins Peril at End House (ELT Reader) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

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9780007493487: Collins Peril at End House (ELT Reader)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007493487 ISBN 13: 9780007493487

Publisher: Collins, 2012

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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 on characters
� Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot
� A glossary of the more difficult words

Hercule Poirot, the famous detective, is on holiday in the south of England when he meets a lady called Nick Buckley. Nick has had a lot of mysterious ‘accidents’. First, her car brakes failed. Then, a large rock just missed her when she was walking, and later, a painting almost fell on her while she was asleep. Finally, Poirot finds a bullet hole in her hat!

Nick is in danger and needs Poirot’s help. Can he find the guilty person before Nick is harmed?

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About the Author:

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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