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LOVE OR MONEY?
Are you a good detective? Yes? If you are, then you must find the killer before Inspector \falsh. Inspector Wabh is a police detective; he works slowly, but very carefully. Are you quicker? $7hat does a detective do? A detective looks for clues. A clue is somerhing, big or small, that tells you who the killer is. Clues are not easy to find, but there are manyclues in this story. Some clues are good - they help you. Other clues are bad - they srop you finding the killer. You must read carefully, or you will miss the clues. But remember: you must not believe everything that people say. The killer will obviously lie. perhaps other people will also lie, for different reasons. And perhaps they uant someone to die. But who wants . . . and kills? Can you findthe killer?

O X F O R D B O O K ' I J T O R M SL I B R A R Y

Crime (v Mystery

Love or Money?
Stage 1 (400,headwords)

SeriesEditor: Jennifer Bassett Founder Editor: Tricia Hedge Activities Editors: Jennifer Bassett and Alison Baxter

ROWENA AKINYEMI

Love or Money?

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CONTENTS
STORY INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 ChapterT
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Clarkson family lived in the country near I Cambridge, about half a mile from the nearest village and about a mile from the river. They had a big, oldhousewith a beautiful garden,a lot of flowers and many old trees. One Thursday morning in July, Jackiecamein from the garden.Shewas a tall, fat woman, thirty yearsold. It was the hottest day of the year, but shewore a warm brown skirt and yellow shirt. Shewent into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Just then the phone rang. 'Cambridge1379,' Jackiesaid.

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