Nivel: B1. SINOPSIS 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 readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1 with a word count of 11,000 - 20,000 words. Each book includes: Full reading of the adapted version available for free online Helpful notes on characters Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot A glossary of the more difficult words Colonel Bantry and his wife Dolly live in a grand old house outside a small village. Nothing ever happens there. Imagine their surprise when one morning they are woken by their maid who tells them that the body of a girl has been found in their study. Who is she? And how did she end up on their rug? Dolly asks her friend Miss Marple to help discover the truth - can she help explain this mystery and clear Colonel Bantry's name? CHRISTIE AGATHA Agatha Christie nació el 15 de septiembre de 1890 en Torquay, Inglaterra, y falleció el 12 de enero de 1976 en Wallingford. Es considerada la escritora de misterio más famosa del siglo XX y una de las autoras más leídas de todos los tiempos. Publicó más de ochenta novelas y colecciones de cuentos, además de obras de teatro, bajo su nombre y el seudónimo Mary Westmacott. Creó a los célebres detectives Hércules Poirot y Miss Marple, protagonistas de muchas de sus historias. Sus obras más conocidas incluyen Diez negritos y Asesinato en el Orient Express, clásicos de la novela policial.