Murder Maker

by Margaret Johnson

After being jilted by her lover, Carla is devastated and intends to seek revenge. She joins a self-help group for people in similar situations and there she meets three women who have been betrayed or abandoned by their husbands. Carla decides to rehearse her revenge on these men and starts by buying a ticket to Cuba.

[Cambridge English Readers Level 6

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.
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book. Contains adult material that may not be suitable for younger readers.]

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

110 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Margaret K Johnson was born in Hertfordshire, England. She writes women's fiction and readers for people learning to speak English.

Margaret's novel The Goddess Workshop is a roller-coaster comedy about a mismatched group of women with a common aim - becoming confident, sensual beings. Her second women's fiction novel, The Dare Club is about a group of people who meet on a Divorced and Separated course. They decide to challenge each other to do daring things as part of their discovery process. But is saying how you really feel the most daring thing of all?

Margaret's readers for people learning to speak English are published by Cambridge English Readers, Cambridge Discovery Readers and Cengage Learning. They are in lots of different genres including Fantasy, Romance, Human Interest, Thriller, Fact Book and Adapted Short Stories.

As well as fiction, Margaret has written plays and screen plays. Her comedy GODDESS was performed at Cambridge Drama Centre to rave reviews.

Margaret has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia.

You can find out more at www.margaretkjohnson.co.uk

Or follow her blog at www.margaretkajohnson.wordpress.com

Reviews

[Eлина · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's nothing spectacular - after all its target audience is English learners. So I guess that if you're making your first steps in reading in English (and you're in high school), the story of a slightly psychotic female serial killer will definitely hook you.

[Loay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Murder Maker
by Margaret Johnson

The novel was about a girl how loved her boyfriend and he loved her as she thought. One day they ere enjoying the beautiful; her boyfriend told her that he found another girl. After he told her that she felt really bad. She started to do many things that she would never do it before, she started to get drunk and sleep with people that she does not even know. One day she met three women; their husbands lift them for some other women. At that moment she decided to get revenge for her self and the other women. She went to Cuba to relax and get revenge for one of the three women. When she arrived to Cuba she met some handsome guy in a bar; that was good for her because he knew the guy that she wanted to get revenge from. After several days she try to end the relationship between the man and his Cuban girlfriend by tilling her that he has a wife and children back in England and he loves them a lot. Moreover she told her he likes to have relationships with young girls and he might live her soon. She wrote him a latter tilling hem their relationship is over.
I kind of like this novel; because I can feel how girls feel if their partners lift them for no reason or for other girl. Spicily if girl thought her partner loves her. This is why it is like a murder, feeling murder. In addition, girls how gust broke up their relationship with their partners are doing things in order to make them forget by drinking or sleep with other guys that they do not know.


I just finished reading this novel, and i would love to answer question number 12 and 9.

Question number12.
it was an interesting book. i fell a little confused. How could she kill all these men without getting caught. How come she can kill without thinking in the consequences.She never thought about police or she might end up in the jell for many years.

Question number 9.
I just want to ask her one question. Is this what all girls fell like when their partner leave them?
I am sure they do but not killing though. They might get revenge in another way.

[Agnese · Rating 3 out of 5]

Murder Maker - Margaret Johnson

PLOT: Carla is a middle-aged British woman. She has no children, but she had a husband: they split up months ago, ‘cause he found ‘somebody else to love’.
She was so overcome that she couldn’t go out, meet somebody else, she was spending her day crying and telling herself how unfair life was.

But now she wants to ‘built’ a new life, without her husband: she joins a listening group of women who have been left by their husbands. She meets three wonderful women there: Dianne, Gemma and Cathy. She becomes really attached to these women, she shares her story with them and comes to know they all have similar stories.

As Carla knows these men, she understands how shallow and selfish they are. They remind her of her ex-husband, and now she wants only a thing: revenge.

COMMENT: I loved this book. Well, it's not a masterpiece or something i'll never forget, but I didn't expect a book like this: usually, 'Cambridge University Press' books are quite boring and the language is too simple.
But this book is different: it's well-written, the language is simple but the vocabulary is quite refined.
I found 'Murder Maker' an interesting book and I really recommend it.

- Agnese.

[Shaikha_i_240509 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story is about woman who got abandoned from her boyfriend. She meet three women with the same problem, they wanted to get revenge from them. I liked the story, but I got confused at first but then I knew everything. I recommend the book for those who like stories about revenge.

[TheRoomsBook · Rating 3 out of 5]

[CATabajo]-[CASTder]: Inicialmente empieza bien, 4 amigas que tienen problemas con sus respectivas parejas, hasta que una de ellas decide consciente o inconscientemente vengarse de cada una de ellas empezando con un viaje a Cuba. Al leer como finaliza la primera trama ya ves, bajo mi opinión, que el objetivo no es desarrollar unas tramas muy complicadas, sino viajar a través de 4 tramas distintas y que te vayas familiarizando con diferente vocabulario en ingles. Aun así, es un libro que se lee bastante rápido y te tiene entretenida porque piensas, como será el siguiente asesinato?

[CATder]: Inicialment comença be, 4 amigues les quals tenen problemes amb les seves respectives parelles, fins que una d’elles decideix conscient o inconscient venjar-se de cadascuna d’elles iniciant tot amb un viatge a Cuba. Al llegir com finalitza la primera historia, ja veus, sota la meva opinió, que l’objectiu no és desenvolupar tota una trama complicada, sinó, viatjar a través de 4 histories distintes i que et vagis familiaritzant amb diferent vocabulari en angles. Encara així és un llibre que és llegeix ràpid y entretingut perquè penses, com serà el següent asesinat?

[Angus · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very interesting, the author have lead readers to think and imagine in this story.This let the readings are more will in to find out what's happening in the story, also the chapters was closely packed together, it make me didn't feel bored in the middle of the story, also in the book it have shown same pictures, readers can refer to the content and known better about the story by looking at this pictures, but I think the author could have been write more content to describe the murderers feeling, for conclusion it is still and very interesting book

[Medeea ⭐️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book was very good, it’s an easy quick read and I couldn’t stop reading for some time. The writing was very easy making it a hard book to put down. I liked the perspective it was written in. I’d like to see a sequel to this book showing Carlas friends perspective of (spoilers)



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Of killing carlas ex boyfriend I think that would be a refreshing perspective on their situation, also bcz of the ending of course

[Patricia Suárez · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book for English learners, so I thought it wouldn't be as entertaining as it was. Some of the parts of the novel are quite detailed, but the end was just crazy and explained in just three pages. A story about revenge.

[Stephendedalus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Novela centrada en la venganza. Demasiado atrevida. No recomendada para lectores muy jóvenes.

[Paula Viloria Modrego · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy entrenido, engancha mucho. Me lo leí en menos de 24h

[Katjas_artcafe · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has spoilers but I feel so bad for pete or whatever his name is like I got so mad that I didnt even want to read last few pages and the fact that she got in jail for something different just annoys me

[Marija · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a book I had to listen on audio for my pronunciation class. And being a book for school, I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
Though I thought it was kind of predictable I still found it very enjoyable. Carla was so annoying and her actions made no sense at times (her last love interest). I especially didn't like how she never talked to her daughters. It was very weird to me. But still, this book shows how women are capable of gruesome murders just like man are. But honestly, the ending wasn't very good.
We are supposed to do presentations with some general topics that this book has, and I decided to do "Female serial killers through history"and I found out loads of interesting stuff and pretty disturbing facts too.
So, all in all, it was an okay book, and the woman who did the audiobook was amazing. She did accents and changed voices based on gender and age, which I quite enjoyed.

[Namiko · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is quite entertainment. You don't have to worry that it might difficult to read because it is on level 6. It is just longer in simple English. I realized the higher the level is more fun the story is.

[Jaimin Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s an excellent thriller that any adult will enjoy reading. It’s easy English and fast paced. Loved it. I’ll also look for other books of the same production like ‘He Knows Too Much by Alan Maley’ and others.

[Anita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Libro cortito, no tiene un vocabulario complicado de entender. Bien, ameno y que engancha.