Spanish Mystery Stories for Beginners: El Detective Pepe Sevilla

by Alex Diez

The most useful Spanish words and idioms artfully baked into a riveting mystery story!

If you can read this sentence:

“Quiero leer una historia de detectives en español.”

That means you are ready for this book!

Inside you will find:

A mystery around a very rich woman’s sudden death
An unconventional detective
A dog named Kiko
A police investigation full of accidents
Crooked politicians
A healthy dose of humor
A budding romance

Plus…

Plenty of dialogue
Everyday Spanish expressions
A Spanish level suited for beginner and intermediate learners
60 short chapters
Vocabulary lists for every chapter
English translation of tricky Spanish words, colloquialisms and idioms

Master this little book and you will be soon exploring sunny Spain sounding like a native and eating tapas at the beach like detective Pepe Sevilla!

Do you want to get lost in a compelling mystery story while absorbing new vocabulary and everyday Spanish expressions like a sponge?

Then don’t wait anymore and grab your copy now!

108 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 25, 2016

Reviews

[Janine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, there was actually a plot and I managed to follow it. I liked the short chapters because I'm still finding reading Spanish so difficult that I can only concentrate for a short period of time. It was good having the vocab at the bottom of each chapter. The text was so stripped-back that it was difficult to use the surrounding words to guess. There was quite a bit of colloquial language.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad, considering what it is. It does a good job of introducing new vocabulary within the context of a story. This is not for beginners and it should be noted that the Spanish used is European (Castilian), obvious mainly with the vos/vosotros conjugations and, rarely, vocabulary.

Unfortunately, the story is not as well written as I would've hoped, but it is a good jumping off point for someone to begin more serious reading of books written in Spanish.

[WT Sharpe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice

This is an interesting and relatively painless way of honing one's Spanish skills. The story wasn't bad, either. I need more books like this in my life because I am absolutely the worst ever at learning languages.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun Read

Easy enough to read but challenging too. Great little mystery with a little humor mixed in. Lots and lots of phrases and idioms in story, but many of them are common to Spain and not Latin America.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Easy Spanish Book

This is a great, readable book for people with limited Spanish. . . And it was actually entertaining with an interesting plot and characters. I highly recommend.