LEVEL 4: CRIME STORY COLLECTION BOOK AND MULTI-ROM WITH MP3 PACK

by Sara Paretsky

The murder of a stranger or a relative, in a quiet English town or a crowded American city. Short stories by some of the finest modern crime writers.

Paperback

First published March 28, 2000

About the author

Sara Paretsky is a modern American author of detective fiction. Paretsky was raised in Kansas, and graduated from the state university with a degree in political science. She did community service work on the south side of Chicago in 1966 and returned in 1968 to work there. She ultimately completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago, entitled The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New England Before the Civil War, and finally earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Married to a professor of physics at the University of Chicago, she has lived in Chicago since 1968.

The protagonist of all but two of Paretsky's novels is V.I. Warshawski, a female private investigator. Warshawski's eclectic personality defies easy categorization. She drinks Johnnie Walker Black Label, breaks into houses looking for clues, and can hold her own in a street fight, but also she pays attention to her clothes, sings opera along with the radio, and enjoys her sex life.

Paretsky is credited with transforming the role and image of women in the crime novel. The Winter 2007 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection is devoted to her work.

Her two books that are non-Warshawski novels are : Ghost Country (1998) and Bleeding Kansas (2008).

Reviews

[FatemehZahra JalaviNezhad · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book in purpose of improving my skill in English and the rating, ⭐️⭐️⭐️, is not about story, but is about its avail of enhancing my English abilities.

[zochaksiazkara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Polska jeśli chcecie czegoś na odmóżdżanie sie to jest to pokręcone ale megaXDDD Pani od ang kazała ale ja sie wciągnęłam 🛐

[Namiko]

I realized how much I love mystery and short stories! I enjoyed surprise endings.

[Santosh Thapa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ashoj 1, 2077, Thursday

Crime Story Collection - John Turvey (Adapter), Celia Turvey (Adapter), Margery Allingham, Sue Grafton, Simon Brett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Highsmith, Jack Ritchie, Colin Dexter (2000)
[Penguin Readers Intermediate (Level 4)]

Genres: EnglishGradedReaders/ Fiction/ Adaptation/ Short Stories Collection/ Crime Fiction/ Mystery
Pages: 100
Rating: 3/10

Themes: Crime and Retribution/ Misjudgement or Judging by Appearances/ Framing People for Crime

Opener:
“At five o’clock on a September afternoon, Ronald Torbay was making preparations for his third murder. He was being very careful. He realized that murdering people becomes more dangerous if you do it often.”

Summary:
Eight stories about crime. Hey, at least you are not being misled by the title of the book.

Verdict:
Other than At the Old Swimming Hole by Sara Paretsky, which was somewhat interesting as it had the vibe of mainstream detective shows like Castle or The Mentalist, the others were basically duds. Ideas, when half decent, are either poorly executed or written in the most insipid way possible. Don’t have much to say about any of them.

[Lyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me di cuenta de que me gustan este tipo de historias PEEERO, la mayoría eran historias bastante regulares. La mejor fue la primera.

[Kamran]

a great book about murders, which I advise everyone to read, more such interesting books

[Hourieh Tousian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three Is a Lucky Number by Margery Allingham
How's Your Mother? by Simon Brett
The Absence of Emily by Jack Ritchie
The Inside Story by Colin Dexter
Really worth 5 stars.

[Khairunnisaq · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really fun and chilling. I never thought that it actually meant for school kids but it really fun especially "How's your mother?"

[Mili Flocco · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75
Me encantaron las historias y la verdad son muy interesantes aunque son muy básicas. Es muy fácil saber quién es el asesino, pero dentro de todo estuvo muuuy bien. Disfrute mucho la lectura

[Mayu Onda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Penguin Readers Level 4
Time:1/14- 50 minutes 15 - 50 minutes
Seven word summary: murder - bathroom - woman - marry - kill - will - money
Discussion Question:
Q1: If your spouse try to kill you for getting your private property, what do you do?
I investigate my supouse carefully and call police for protecting myself.
Q2: Do you want to work as police?
I don't want to work because it's difficult work and cannot make myself dangerous.

There are 8 stories in the book. 'Three Is a Lucky Number' is most interesting story I read.
The main character was a matrimonial swindler. And he did again and again. However, the last target
was clever and noticed what he did.
I don't like the book about crime and detective mystery. but The book is including some jokes and
uniques so I enjoyed reading the book.


I updated two more book reviews of Christmas Wedding on 'comments'.
I'm sorry that I'm late.
Please read these.

[Yuki Kodama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Penguin Readers Level 4
Time:70minutes
Summary(The woman in lane two seemed to be having problems. What was wrong? The water around her was turning red...She was shoot by a bad man. She barrows maney from the man. However, she couldn't pay back. )
Seven word summary: swimming,killed,shot,mistake,money,FBI,arrest
Discussion Question:
Q1: If a bad man try to kill your girlfriend, what would you do? If you protect her, you will die. Which is more important, you or your girlfriend?
This is a difficult question...but I cannot protect her because I love myself very much. First, I want to protect me.
Q2: Do you want to work as FBI? Why?
I don't want to work because it's a hard job. In movie, sometimes some FBI is killed by a murder. I think this is a dangerous job.

[María · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
Libro cedido por mi profesor de Inglés. Las historias son muy sencillas de leer y bastante entretenidas, no son una maravilla pero hay algunas que son muy interesantes y adictivas. Lo recomiendo mucho para la gente que quiere aprender a leer en inglés y le gusta las historias de crimenes.

[Lacivard Mammadova · Rating 2 out of 5]

not bad

[Ane · Rating 1 out of 5]

The story by Sara Paretsky was really badly written. Could not read any further after that.