~ OXFORD BOOK WORMS LIBRARY Crime & Mystery American Crime Stories Stage 6 (2500 headwords) Series Editor: Jennifer Bassett Founder Editor: Tricia Hedge Activities Editors: Jennifer Bassett and Christine LindopRETOLD BY JOHN ESCOTT American Crime Stories ~ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSOXFORD reat Clarendon Stet. Oxford 0x2 Gor xr Universe Presta deparent ofthe University of xford icforten the User objet exelence ln reste chon tad eduction by pobisnng worden unls tani Badd bourne Mexico eet ‘Argentina Austria ral hile Coach Republic France Cevee ‘inte Hungate ean Por Sngrre oxroroandonvono excuitt ar registered trade mark of ‘The snplied edton© Oxford Uaiersity Press 2000 “The maralrphr ofthe authorheve ben ase Dette it OnfordUnivesiy Pes ker) st public in Oxord Bookworms 96 Nownauthoried photocopying sgh ered Nop oth publaton maybe reproduces sion esl per, or transmits nny Tem ory ay means ‘rthout the poe prmisioninwrtngo Onto Uniery Pres, x stapes peed by wor under tes agreed wis the pope eprops igtsonanantion Eaquiresconcering reproduction custide the scape ofthe above shold be set tobe 7 Rights Deparment You must circtethiBok In noe lading or cover Any websites eferedo i ths publi ren the public domain an i nthe adeees sre povided by Oxo Univers rss fr infrmation on q ‘Onova Ulery ss tansy responsi fre content : ‘compete recortingtn American Eagle thls Bookworms eto of "Typeset by Wyvern Typesetting Ld, est iced in Spain by nigra. tated Stephen ayer he lishers have made every effort to cota he copyright hole othe hago reqroduced onthe coer of hte br have bem ura 50 she copyright hier tole a conte the pblshers the abishes| Would be happy to py an appropriate production CONTENTS Death Wish Lawrence Block Death on Christmas Eve Stanley Ellin The Heroine Patricia Highsinith Ride the Lightning John Lutz The Lipstick Mary Roberts Rinebart Lazy Susan Nancy Pickard ‘The Gutting of Couffignal Dashiel Hammett GLOSSARY acrivinies: Before Reading activinies: While Reading activinies: After Reading ‘ABOUT ROOKWORMS n 9 o 103 106 107 110 us 17