The University Murders

by Richard MacAndrew

Level 4 of Cambridge English Readers

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Billy Marr, a local misfit, claims he has murdered someone in an Edinburgh park. Inspector Logan and Sergeant Grant don't believe him - Billy has lied many times in the past about crimes he hasn't committed. But then a young woman is found dead in the park. Soon there is another body. Perhaps Billy is not so innocent after all. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2003

Reviews

[Ana Zaragoza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buena lectura obligada para mi curso de ingles. No está mal, contando que lo he leído en inglés y ha supuesto un gran esfuerzo para mí

[Brenda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Finally, I read this book. A teacher gave it to me 5 years ago, and I had always avoided it. Also, a few years ago I didn't have this English level. I read a normal book and a lot of comics in English, so it was easy. And I know it's for B1 level (the high one), but sometimes I was like "don't say those stupid things, I don't care if I don't understand, just write like a normal person, not like a student learning the verb 'to be'".
Ok, I will do my review now. This story starts when Billy Marr says that he killed a girl, but he's always going to the police station to say he did crimes that really he didn't, so no one believes him. But, what a surprise... There is a girl dead in the place where Billy said he did his murder. Is he a killer? The investigation starts and we found some interesting things. It was boring, and the ending was stupid. Are they inspectors or teens? I know it's just a simple book to learn English but even the kids' books have quality. What is this shit? Even though, I read it and I didn't hate it as much as some other book I have read.

[Srikanth Tummala · Rating 2 out of 5]

The mystery was decent, but the ending was poorly written. Logan's capture by Ramsay was not explained properly, leaving the conclusion confusing and unsatisfying. Too many important details were skipped, making the ending feel rushed and unrealistic. Overall, a disappointing read.

[Amal. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my first time to read a mystery novel. It is short and interesting.

[Janete on hiatus due health issues · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot is good, but the final is quite awful.

[Abril · Rating 3 out of 5]

es de clase, he leído peores, ni tan mal

[Kookkik · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my first time that I read the mystery book because I'm alway read a romantic book or human interest. I had red the small detail of the book at the back of book, is sound good. When I try to read the first chapter, I really like the word choice that author use to describes the characters, place or feeling. He use the easy word to describes, that make me more understand the story because I think that all mystery book alway use the difficult word. I really like inspector Jenny Logan. She very dynamic inside and flat outside. She is passion of what she doing, be careful, is super cool

[Lucía · Rating 1 out of 5]

^^!

[Jakkapong Sattayamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Jess · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fuck, you really do hate yourself, don't you Jess?

[Destinyy]

its good book