Oxford Bookworms 3. As the Inspector Said and Other Stories CD Pack

by John Escott

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. Published 2008-01-25

Genres: Crime, Short Stories

56 pages, Paperback

First published February 17, 2000

About the author

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.

Reviews

[ثامر · Rating 3 out of 5]

Small nice stories about criminals, inspectors and detectives. I've liked the story of lip-reader girl who can understand what people whisper although they away from her.. .Also some enjoyable and complicated stories such as the clever priest and the blackmailed man ..
It won't be taken a long time to finish .

[Abrar Alarjan · Rating 3 out of 5]

الرابط بين جميع القصص الجرائم .
الجريمة الأولى سرقة ومروية بلسان الراوي
الجريمة الثانية سرقة ومروية على لسان الفتاة التي ساهمت في القبض على المجرمين.
الرجيمة الثالثة عبارة عن سرقة ومروية بلسان المجرم والراوي وهي التي لم تعجبني .
الجريمة الرابعة عبارة عن سرقة ومروية بلسان المفتش الذي استطاع القبض على المجرم قبل نجاحه وهي التي أعجبتني .
الجريمة الخامسة تكاسلتُ عن قراءتها

[Fanny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like it is a good book for the children or if you want to learn English. The language is easy and the stories funny and interesting

[Frapsel Leestsoms · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an okay book. Very short and i picked it up for the sole purpose of achieving my reading goal in december. Funny short stories tho, enjoyed it

[Raluca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite nice readings. Rather unusual.

[Mohammad Yassen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The best one is the fourth ...however it's good

[Refal Khan]

Good

[Wassim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing :D

[pier63 · Rating 2 out of 5]

9,600語

[Milca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good

[Jennifer Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[samara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it for college but I liked it, it's funny and interesting

[Erika Saito · Rating 4 out of 5]

-Oxford university press, level 3.
-Time: 11/20 = 90min
-7-word summary: deaf, lip read,long hair, cut, anger, never
-Discussion questions:
1. How do you think about the deaf girl in this book?
I think this is really sad story, because the deaf girl cannot convey her emotion through the wards of mouth:(
2. What will you be if you are cut your hair by someone.
I'll never forget the person who cut my hair, and I'll hate at all...

Lip read is terrific. However, as you can read, this story is really terrible, because the girl cannot say anything directly to men even if se was cut her hair by them.

[Takuya Kitaura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oxford level 3
Time 5/31 50 minutes 6/1 30 minutes
7 word summary five-story-related-strange-cynical-crime-
murder
Discussion question
In this story, one lady do lip-reading and she is a teacher who teachs to deaf and dumb people.

What do you think about deaf?
Ａre there differences between people and deaf people?

I think that there is no difference.
They can use sigh language and communicate each other like people. I am learning ASL (American Sign Language) and do activity in ASL circle. ASL is very interesting and useful. I hope that many people know and learn ASL. Challenge is very important. Join us!


This book is enjoyable and cynical. Moreover it did not make me bored.

[Anri · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Time: 11/27 = 60 minutes; 11/28 = 70 minutes

-7-word summary:
lip-reading
train
thieves
throat
hair
jewels
arrest



-Discussion questions:
1.The author got angry and decided to catch criminals when her hair was cut them. If your hair was cut by a stranger, do you get angry at first?
No, I may be afraid and feel sad. After that, I will get angry.


2.Do you want to be able to do lip-reading?
No, it is useful for communicating with deaf people, but I will always worry about what other people say. It is not good for my mental condition.

[Shota MARUI · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has 5 short stories. I would like to write about the first one, which called As the Inspector Said.
Charles Darrell and Sonia French was decided to murder Sonia's husband.they were in love for 6 months. but her husband didn't allow to divorce. Surprisingly, the the police man gave the advice for the murder and then......

I thought "love" is very scary thing because it sometimes goes to bad way. but I had fun with this story.
Each stories were quite very short. I think it is easy to reading.

[Namiko]

There are five short stories in this book. Some of them I don't get it. But it is good because I like unexpected endings.

[Selin]

Meğer sınav bugünmüş :/ Nasılsa çaktığıma göre give up! :D

[Nermin Babacan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the best is "The Man Who Cut Off My Hair". It was the most intresting story.