Ideal for advanced, confident learners of English looking to improve or consolidate their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded to level, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.'Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it,' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will?These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hemet, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat. ESCOTT JOHN John Escott es un autor británico conocido por sus libros adaptados para estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera. Ha escrito numerosas obras dentro de las colecciones Oxford Bookworms y Penguin Readers, abarcando géneros como el misterio, la aventura y la historia. Sus textos son valorados por su lenguaje accesible y tramas envolventes, ideales para lectores en niveles básicos e intermedios. Entre sus títulos más populares se encuentran Dead Man's Island, The Ghost of Genny Castle y Blackbeard. Escott también ha trabajado como editor y ha contribuido a la enseñanza del inglés mediante literatura simplificada.