Inferno

Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital in the middle of the night. Disoriented and suffering from a head wound, he recalls nothing of the last thirty-six hours, including how he got there ... or the origin of the macabre object that his doctors discover hidden in his belongings. Langdon's world soon erupts into chaos, and he finds himself on the run in Florence w…

Girl Missing

THE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY. She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. THE NEXT BODY IS A WARNING. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets. The poli…

Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery

Cam and her classmates are attending the dedication of a new library for their school. Since the governor, who is running for president, is also attending, police officers and Secret service agents are there as well. BANG! Nearly everyone in the room drops to the ground when a loud noise--that sounds like a gunshot---goes off. The Secret service agents think it's a student prank. CLICK! Cam dis…

Justice

from the back cover: Terrorists blow up the Queen's coach outside Parliament. The Queen escapes, but five people are killed, and forty others badly hurt - ordinary, innocent people, like Alan Cole, the Queen's coachman, who loses his leg in the bombing. And for Alan and his daughter Jane there is more terror to come, in the search for the truth behind the bombing. Will the terrorists be caug…

Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings

from the back cover: Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears from his stables, and someone kills his t…

The Mystery of Allegra

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194790666

Collation

56p; ill; bw; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms stage 2

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A Tale of Two Cities

from the back cover: 'The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES.' The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind. They can be generous and true-hearted ...and brave.

Oxford Bookworms 1 : Shirley Homes and the Cyber Thief

from the back cover: Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes a hundred years ago, she lives in London, enjoys working on difficult cases, and has some helpful friends. She understands people, is a good listener, and of course, she is clever with computers. In today's world that is important, because a lot of crime is cyber crime. In this second Shirley Homes detective story, …

Oxford Bookworms 3: As the Inspector Said and Other Stories

from the back cover: The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will be free to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after all ...Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective ...These five stor…

Soshiki

from the back cover: Choi Eun-Ji tak pernah menyangka dirinya menjadi korban fitnah. Tiba-tiba saja, ketika datang ke sekolahnya dia diseret dan dimasukkan ke ruangan khusus anak nakal. Tak ada yang membelanya saat itu. Bahkan semua teman seolah tidak mengenalnya. Sebenarnya Eun-Ji sudah mengetahui gerak-gerik organisasi tersembunyi di sekolahnya. Bahkan adiknya termasuk anggota aktif orga…