The Case Of The Lonely Lady

Een vrouw van middelbare leeftijd raakt verstrikt in de netten van een man en zijn zuster. Verhaal in eenvoudige woorden en korte zinnen.

This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.

A fight over a rich man’s will turns deadly in this murder mystery by the “kingpin among the mystery writers” from the series that inspired the HBO show (The New York Times). Marilyn Marlow has inherited a good deal of money from her mother. But the money originated with another will—that of her mother’s wealthy employer. Now his relatives are contesting the will, and it’s Rose Keeling, the key witness to its signing, whose mind they'll need to sway. When Rose is murdered, sleuthing lawyer Perry Mason must navigate a twisted case involving a personal ad that casts a cloud of suspicion over his client, Miss Marlow, in this mystery in Edgar Award–winning author Erle Stanley Gardner’s classic, long-running series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON’T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER’S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS

That “kindly old investigator,” Mr. Keen, sought missing persons and unraveled crimes longer than any other fictional detective ever heard or seen on the air. For 18 years (1937–1955) and 1690 nationwide broadcasts, Keen and his faithful assistant Mike Clancy kept listeners coming back for more. The nearest competitor, Nick Carter, Master Detective, ran for 726 broadcasts. This definitive history recounts the actors and creators behind the series, the changes the show underwent, and the development of the Mr. Keen character. A complete episode guide details all of the program’s 1,690 broadcasts.

Meet JeriLee Randall, aspiring actress, ambitious writer, and sexual powerhouse. It is this ambition that takes her away from her tiny hometown of Port Clare and sets her on a collision course with her future. Surviving on determination and seduction, she makes her way to Broadway and then on to Hollywood. The bright lights mask a deeper darkness, and JeriLee is quickly drawn into a world of greed, drugs, casting couches, and smooth-talking power players. She struggles to hold on to her honesty and the code of ethics she developed in her youth. More than anything else, she struggles to hold on to her dreams of success and stardom. It will take all her strength and cunning to escape Hollywood's death grip and beat the power elite at their own game. Harold Robbins, the author who rewrote the rules for erotic fiction, turns Hollywood on its ear in The Lonely Lady.

In five short stories and one long novelette, Rufus King introduces Colin Starr, a young physician whose medical knowledge enables him to detect murder where a less able doctor would have signed a certificate of death from natural causes. Because of his shrewd understanding of human psychology as well as his application of scientific knowledge to seemingly unrelated facts, Dr. Starr is a unique detective in the annals of crime. Included in this volume are: The Case of the Three Baleful Brothers The Case of the Prodigal Bridegroom The Case of the Sudden Shot The Case of the Imperious Invalid The Case of the Buttoned Collar The Case of the Lonely Ladies Rufus King (1893-1966) was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories, the most famous being Lieutenant Valcour. Modern critics are rediscovering Rufus King's work. Mike Grost, on Golden Age Detective, features a long writeup of King, stating: "King had a vivid writing style, with colorful characters, events, and images. He was clearly a born writer."

Sax Rohmer, the pen name of Arthur Sarsfield Ward, was an internationally popular British writer, most famous for creating the sinister Chinese criminal genius Fu Manchu, the hero-villain of many novels. This comprehensive eBook presents Rohmer’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Rohmer’s life and works * Concise introductions to the famous novels and other texts * All 13 Fu Manchu novels, with individual contents tables * Special Fu Manchu and Sumuru Series table of contents * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Rare Fu Manchu stories * Includes Rohmer’s rare non-fiction work on the occult, ‘The Romance of Sorcery’, – available in no other collection * UPDATED with 9 more books, including the complete 5-novel Sumuru series, first time in digital print * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Dr. Fu-Manchu Series The Sumuru Series The Novels The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (1913) The Sins of Séverac Bablon (1914) The Yellow Claw (1915) The Devil Doctor (1916) The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917) Brood of the Witch-Queen (1918) The Orchard of Tears (1918) The Quest of the Sacred Slipper (1919) Dope: A Story of Chinatown and the Drug Traffic (1919) The Golden Scorpion (1919) The Green Eyes of Bâst (1919) Bat-Wing (1921) Fire-Tongue (1921) Gray Face (1924) Day the World Ended (1930) Daughter of Fu Manchu (1931) The Mask of Fu Manchu (1931) Fu Manchu’s Bride (1933) The Trail of Fu Manchu (1934) The Bat Flies Low (1935) President Fu Manchu (1936) The Drums of Fu Manchu (1939) The Island of Fu Manchu (1941) Seven Sins (1943) Shadow of Fu Manchu (1948) Nude in Mink (1950) Sumuru (1951) The Fire Goddess (1952) Return of Sumuru (1954) Sinister Madonna (1956) Re-Enter Fu Manchu (1957) Emperor Fu Manchu (1959) The Short Story Collections Exploits of Captain O’Hagan (1916) Tales of Secret Egypt (1918) The Dream Detective, Being Some Account of the Methods of Moris Klaw (1920) The Haunting of Low Fennel (1920) Tales of Chinatown (1922) Fu Manchu Stories (1952-59) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction The Romance of Sorcery (1914)