An anthology of seven crime stories, retold in simplified (grade 6) English, with exercises at the back of the book, and a glossary to help with vocabulary.

Contents:

• Death Wish by Lawrence Block · ss AHMM Mar ’67
• Death on Christmas Eve by Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM Jan ’50
• The Heroine by Patricia Highsmith · ss Harper’s Bazaar, 1945
• Ride the Lightning [Al Nudger] by John Lutz · ss AHMM Jan ’85
• The Lipstick by Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Cosmopolitan Jul ’42
• Lazy Susan by Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
• The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] by Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Dec ’25
• Glossary by John Escott · ms
• Activities: Before Reading by John Escott · ms
• Activities: While Reading by John Escott · ms
• Activities: After Reading by John Escott · ms
• About the Authors by John Escott · bg