murder is announced: Level 4 - Upper- Intermediate (B2)

Agatha Christie's famous detective novels are now available in English for English language learners, adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000–26,000 words. Each book includes a full reading of the adapted version, helpful notes on characters, cultural and historical notes, and a glossary of difficult words.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 03 September 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

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 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2, with a word count of 20,000 – 26,000 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

An advertisement in the local newspaper announces that there is going to be a murder this evening at Little Paddocks – but this is news even to the people who live at Little Paddocks! Interested villagers and friends appear that evening – perhaps it's a game, they think. The lights go out, there is silence, and then a gun is fired… It seems this was no game. Someone really has been murdered!

Weight: 146g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008392987