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- Would you recommend the book to your classmates? Why?
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This book has 108 pages and 2300 words.
"The Blue Cross" by G.K. Chesterton. This story is about criminal Flambeau who is tracked by police from three countries. He tries to steal cross that one priest has. But the priest is not stupid and leaves a track so they can be followed. At the end Flambeau can't steal that cross because of priest cleverness.
"Philomel Cottage" by Agatha Christie. This story is about married couple who live in cottage and the nearest people are in two miles. Wife found out that her husband is killer who marries women to get their money. He is planning to kill his current wife but wife tells him story about how she has killed 2 men before. In the end husband is dead.
"An Unpleasant Man" by Cyril Hare. This story is about man who is scared about Americans and kills his servant to make himself look dead but he gives himself away with the way he is speaking.
"The Unlucky Theatre" by Elliott O'Donnell. This story is about theatre where people are afraid to go because there are ghosts. On play several years ago one actor killed another in sword fight and now all the ghost come and see that play again.
"The Mezzotint" by M.R. James. This story is about Mr Williams whose job is involved with university's collection of prints and drawings. One day he gets a painting that is different than others. The picture is changing. It hold a story about kidnapping one boy from his house.
"Family Affair" by Margery Allingham. This is a story about young married couple who disappears. They leave all things behind and also they left their breakfast the way it was half eaten and warm. The main thing why they left like that was because they won big prize and didn't want to share it with their whole family.
"The Invisible Man" by G.K. Chesterton. This story is about how one man kills another and there are no witnesses because all the people who are said to watch the dead man apartment didn't see anything suspicious. But the man is killed. The killer was mailman and nobody thought that it could be him.
"The Case on the Thing That Whimpered" by Dennis Wheatley. This story is about one storehouse where all the night guards get seriously beaten up or killed. So two men start to invest this thing there are more than one explanation to this one is ghosts and another is some gang that wants to scare the new owner away. But at the end in that storehouse is kept 6 years old kidnapped girl who whimpers and kidnapper feeds her every night the wall is moveable and that is how all the guards get hurt.
I liked it book but sometimes it made me think again what I just read. Sometimes I just didn't get the point and I thought that the ending was totally different.
I don't know if i recommend this book to classmates or not. It's their decision if they want to read it or not.
Book was good I have always liked mystery.
The book was at good level.
Dear diary,
Today I found out that my husband is killer. He has killed several women before and now I think it’s my time. I found out in his diary time 9 p.m and also he said to our gardener that we’ll be some days in London. I think that saved me when I told the gardener that we aren’t going anywhere. But that was yesterday. I don’t think that he waits any longer I have to escape quickly but if i didn’t manage then these are my last words.
Alix