Oxford Bookworms Collection. Crime Never Pays

These texts are not abridged or adapted in any way, but have been carefully selected for content and language that will be understood by the advanced student.Murder: the unlawful, intentional killing of a human being - a terrible crime. But murder stories are always fascinating. Who did it? And how? Or why? And was it murder, or just an unfortunate accident? Who will triumph, the murderer or the detective? This collection contains a wide range of murder stories, from the astute detection of the famous Sherlock Holmes, to the chilling psychology of Ruth Rendell.