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Full Circle Before you read 5 What qualities and skills does a person need to be a private detective, do you think? Would a man ...

How's Your Mother? Before you read 10 How is life in a small village different from city life? What are the advantages and disad ...

15 Find the word gamble in your dictionary. What do gamblers do? Explain in your own words. After you read 16 Number these event ...

21 Work in pairs. Act out: a the first conversation between Skip and Frosby, at Skip’s house. b the first conversation between M ...

The Absence of Emily Before you read 26 Think about the title of this story. What can you be absent from? What reasons might you ...

After you read 32 Answer these questions. a Which two events on the list below come from Sheila’s ‘inside story’? Cross them out ...

Writing 34 Write one of these letters. a A letter to Edyth in Three Is a Lucky Number’ from a middle- aged man who has read abou ...

Most of these stories are about murder. We see what can drive a person to murder. Some people are angry or frightened. Others ar ...