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At first, Twister Malone and Chuckaluck Thompson think it must be a mirage. If real, the willow trees they see on the horizon mean that water is nearby, and in this dusty stretch of the Southwest, water is rarer than gold. They rub the grit from their eyes, yet the sight remains. There really is water up ahead-and death just around the corner. Someone has opened a sluicegate, allowing all the precious liquid to drain into the dirt. When Twister and Chuckaluck close the gate and the roaring stops, a woman screams, Don't let him get away! He was going to kill me! The wandering cowpokes on the trail of a mystery so dark and twisted it might be beyond their powers to solve. Получить ссылку |
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Автор: Эдгар Аллан По
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"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination".
A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries
Автор: Thomas Sharp
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Полный вариант заголовка: «A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries, anciently performed at Coventry, by the trading companies of that city : chiefly with reference to the vehicle, characters, and dresses of the actors : compiled, in a great degree, from sources hitherto unexplored : to which are added, the Pageant of the shearmen & taylor's company, and other municipal entertainments of a public nature / by Thomas Sharp».
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Автор: Эдгар Аллан По
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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett.
The room was on the fourth floor, and the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened – on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs? Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery.
Except Anguste Dupin, who could see further and think more clearly than other people. The answers to the mystery were all there, but only a clever man could see them.
The Murder of Mary Jones
Автор: Tim Vicary
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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.
At the start of this play, the court room is full for today's trial. Two young men, Simon Clark and Dan Smith, stand up. The clerk asks, 'Are you guilty of the murder of Mary Jones?' 'Not guilty!' they reply. But perhaps they are guilty. The police found the murder weapon in their stolen car, and there was blood on Simon's face. If the court finds them guilty, they will go to prison for a very long time. Can the lawyers find out the truth, by asking the right questions? Everyone in court wants to know who murdered Mary Jones, especially her mother, and her boyfriend, Jim. You can help to find the answer, too!
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The Somnambulist and the Detective; The Murderer and the Fortune Teller