Alan Brown

This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read. Anthony Horowitz is a writer who lives in London. In The Word is Murder, he mixes fact and fiction. A fictional investigator, Daniel Hawthorne, works for the Metropolitan Police. Horowitz has agreed to write a book about Hawthorne and joins him in his investigation into the strange murder of Diana Cowper.
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