Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English.Pretty, young Anne Beddingfeld comes to London looking for adventure. But adventure finds her when she sees a man fall off an Underground platform and die on the rails.The police think the death was an accident. But who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before running away? Anne has only one clue, but she is determined to bring the mysterious killer to justice.Anne’s adventure takes her on a cruise ship all the way to Cape Town and on into Africa…Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.• Agatha Christie’s books have sold over one billion copies in English with another billion in 100 foreign languages.• Also in the Collins English Readers series:The Mysterious Affair at Styles (978-0-00-745152-4)The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (978-0-00-745156-2)The Murder at the Vicarage (978-0-00-745157-9)Peril at End House (978-0-00-745158-6)Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (978-0-00-745159-3)Death in the Clouds (978-0-00-745160-9)Appointment With Death (978-0-00-745161-6)N or M? (978-0-00-745162-3)The Moving Finger (978-0-00-745163-0)• Publishing in May 2012:Sparkling Cyanide (978-0-00-745164-7)Crooked House (978-0-00-745165-4)They Came to Baghdad (978-0-00-745166-1)They Do It With Mirrors (978-0-00-745167-8)A Pocket Full of Rye (978-0-00-745168-5)After the Funeral (978-0-00-745169-2)Destination Unknown (978-0-00-745170-8)Hickory Dickory Dock (978-0-00-745171-5)4.50 From Paddington (978-0-00-745172-2)Cat Among the Pigeons (978-0-00-745173-9)
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