Deadly Harvest

by Carolyn Walker

Cambridge English Readers: Level 6

Chief Inspector Jane Honeywell is a city detective who wonders why she has moved to a sleepy country town—nothing happens in Pilton. But then the rural peace and quiet is suddenly disturbed by a horrible murder. When Jane starts the dangerous pursuit of the killer, she discovers a more terrible plan in operation.

Genres: Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 1999

Reviews

[Janete on hiatus due health issues · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learning English on my own. Text + audio. Cambridge English Readers: Level 6

Synopsis: "Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Chief Inspector Jane Honeywell is a city detective who wonders why she has moved to a sleepy country town. Nothing happens in Pilton. But then the rural peace and quiet are suddenly disturbed by a horrible murder. When Jane starts the dangerous pursuit of the killer, she discovers a more terrible plan in operation."

[Namiko · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is interesting to learn acronyms in this book:

DCI(Detective Chief Inspector) Jane Honeywell the main character is the new head of CID(Criminal Investigation Department). DI (Detective Inspector) Pete Fish doesn't like Jane at first but it turns out he respects her. DC (Detective Constable) Tony Reilly and Maggie Pincombe catch another suspect and WPC(Woman Police Constable) makes a mistake. Elisa Scott is a member of PAW (Project for Animal Welfare) who does a fabulous job later. There are some more, like RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), and (Official Identification of a person) and DNA(deoxyribonucleic acid, used for genetic fingerprinting).

It is one of the good things about graded readers to have some explanations like this.

[Tomáš · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing brilliant but for the sake of learning it's ok.

[Song · Rating 4 out of 5]

It a story happend in a sleepy country town in England.When Chief Inspectou Jane Honeywell came here, the rural peace and quiet is suddenly disturbed by a particularly horrible murder.Before policeman found the truth,other murder happened here.

The truth is an astonishing evil of a compny in the peaceful farm.The compony reserchessome vaccines for diseases in Africa by using animals especailly wasp to deliver deseases.
Somebody know the truth, so they were murdered.

This book is a little difficult to understand because the words,like vaccine,viruses, epidemics,wasp, masty.You must know these words if you want to understand well.

[hima saki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jane is a city detective in a sleepy country town who wonders why she`s moved there.but then the rural peace and quiet is suddenly disturbed by a particulary horrible murder, and Jane starts the dangerous pursuit of the killer,or killers.

[Chris Morton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyable. It was just like a good quality Sunday detective drama.

[Noelia Medina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primera lectura del año pero no ha sido por gusto.

Se lo he leído a mi hermana traduciéndolo en simultáneo porque es la única manera de que tenga una posibilidad de aprobar inglés tal cual le dan las clases en el instituto.

Es un libro peculiar, la narración por momentos es demasiado simple, cosa que se entiende teniendo en cuenta que es un libro para estudiantes, pero en otros momentos es pretenciosa a más no poder.

Eso sí, nos hemos reído bastante con descripciones tipo "la verdad es que no está tan mal, es un poco atractivo si obvias que tiene cara de reptil"

Y tiene un punto bastante interesante sobre el efecto CSI. No me esperaba para nada que Jane, como detective, odiase las series policiacas, que es algo que nos pasa a la mayoría de quienes trabajamos vinculados al mundo forense y que se ve muy poco representado en la ficción.

[Fatima Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the story. It was all so interesting 😍.. The language used to describe everything really made me imagine the scenario! And the ending had pointed to a new beginning in Jane's life which made me want to read a sequel of it!

[Antonio Estrada · Rating 4 out of 5]

that was my last book this year, I´m learning english so I recommend you if you want to pick up many words.

[Munam884 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book " Deadly Harvest"was written by Carolyn Walker.The cover of the page made me feel interested and I was ready to read a very interesting mystery novel, but the first part of the book turned out a bit boring with the typical characters and situations. I read the first part of the book without finding out any special change.However, the story becomes more interesting when a new murder is happened.I like the part when Jane is watching a television program that gives her, and the reader, an idea about the motive of these murders. Nevertheless, from this point the reading becomes more enjoyable and you want to reach the end just to discover if you were right about your prediction.I recommend this book for adult and also who are interested in mystery stories.

[Loay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Deadly Harvest
Carolyn Wallker
112 pages


it was an interesting novel about a company that tasted a deadly disease on animals. the place of the story was in a quite little town in England. some people got killed because they found out about this experiment.
i believe the author's point on the one hand, the killing. crime, and how it can develop into more that one. on the other hand, the confident to accomplish the work.

i wander if the police going to find out a solution for the disease?

why did Mervin allowed this company to test their virus on his ship?

[Ivica Raguž · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story is not the worst I have ever read, but it leaves quite a lot to be desired. The language used in it is pretty bland with little to no vivid descriptions. The idea behind the story was pretty interesting, but the execution could have been much better. There was were quite a few awkward sentences and quite a lot of cliches (such as a girl in a traditional police office). Overall, it's not the worst story I've read, but it is too safe and by the books in my opinion.

[Lima · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quite easy to read (as a non-native). The ordinary, banal plot you may find when reading a mystery-detective novel. It gets interesting as you continue to read, a female detective undervalued by her co-workers trying to prove she's smarter and works better than the others when investigating. I found the ending a bit abrupt, it wasn't what I expected it to be.

[penelopewanders]

Iread this to see if it would be something to do with a class. I like that there are some themes we can delve further into - bees, animal rights, biological warfare etc... so yes, I'll be using this with my Middle++ EFL class.

[Funnycucumber · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would like to give just one star to this piece of writing. It gets two stars only because I didn't guess the killer.

[Mohammad Jalili · Rating 4 out of 5]

LADIES SHARPNESS, DECIPLINE , HARD WORK, TENDERNESS