Deadly Harvest Level 6Cambridge English Readers is an award-winning series of original fiction readers for learners of English, offering exciting reading from Starter to Advanced levels. Chief Inspector Jane Honeywell is a city detective who wonders why she has moved to a sleepy country town - nothing happens in Pilton. But then the rural peace and quiet is suddenly disturbed by a horrible murder. When Jane starts the dangerous pursuit of the killer, she discovers a more terrible plan in operation. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book. |
Contents
Prologue | 6 |
Going south | 7 |
Nothing exciting ever happens | 11 |
Time to wake up | 17 |
Not a pretty sight | 23 |
The investigation begins | 29 |
An ordinary respectable woman | 35 |
The beekeeper | 41 |
The confession | 62 |
A nasty open wound | 69 |
Another call in the night | 74 |
An undesirable situation | 77 |
Something odd | 83 |
Gotcha | 89 |
The bee | 95 |
Operation Wasp | 101 |
A head full of bees | 45 |
The good news and the bad news | 52 |
The suspects got a gun | 57 |
Astonishing evil | 108 |
Common terms and phrases
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