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  The story I would like to present to you issues from a compilation of short stories in the book “Partners in Crime” written by Agatha Christie(link) in 1944. In this case, a famous explorer named Gabriel Staavansson goes out on a 2 year expedition in the north pole. The issue is that when he arrived a fortnight sooner than expected, he couldn’t find his wife, Ms. Hermiocvxcne Leigh Gordon. So he went to her Aunt’s home Susan Clonray, where she was supposedly staying. But she wouldn't give much information as to where Hermione was. After a while, he finds out that she was in Maldon thanks to a telegram sent from Hermione that he managed to catch a glimpse of. Staavansson traveled there to find his wife again but there was no sign of her, so he went to Blunt’s Brilliant Detectives to seek help. The detective couple went for her search in Maldon when Tuppence remembered that there were two Maldons in England and that they needed to go to the other one in Sussex. Sure enough, they fo

  THE GREEN MILE , by Emily Kreuger, 2IGCSE2 THE GREEN MILE , by Emily Kreuger, 2IGCSE2 The Green Mile was written by Stephen King , a world-famous horror author, and published in 1996. This novel tells the story of Paul Edgecombe, a death-row supervisor, and his encounter with a new inmate. Throughout the book, the author slowly reveals that this inmate, John Coffey, has supernatural powers. This prompts Paul Edgecombe to discover the truth about the prisoner's incarceration. The book received two awards: the Bram Stoker Award for Novel in 1996 and the German Fantastic Prize for Best International Author in 2001. It was also adapted into a f ilm in 1999 by Frank Darabont. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. First of all, my favorite character in the book was of course Mr.Jingles: a curious mouse that happened to be living on the prison block. Mr. Jingles, also known as Steamboat Willy, was important to the plot because, without him, the other prison guards would have never disco