American crime stories : [niveau 6, 2500 mots] / John Escott

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American crime stories : [niveau 6, 2500 mots] / John Escott

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Edité par Oxford University Press | 1996

" Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it. " But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it ? Murder bas undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will ? These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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