The Ransom of Red Chief

Bill and Sam arrive in the small American town of Summit with only two hundred dollars, but they need more and Sam has an idea for making a lot of money. When things start to go very wrong, both men soon regret their visit - and the idea.

O.Henry. The Ranson of Red Chief. (2000). Oxford University Press.

A picture to remember

Cristina Renaldi works for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. She loves art and is happy with her life. Then one day she has a motorbike accident and can't remember some things. But there are two men who think she remembers too much, and they want to kill her before she tells the police what she saw.

Sarah Scott-Malden. A picture to remember. (1999). Cambridge University Press.

Anne of Green Gables

Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talk and talks and talks.
They didn't want a girl, but how can they send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet after Anne comes to live there...

L.M.Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables. (2000). Oxford University Press.

Dead Cold

A dead girl is found in a swimming pool in Pine Crest, USA. She's Janine, a 23-year-old student who wanted to write for a newspaper. Detective Flick Laine has to find the killer. But first she must find out the big story Janine was working on before her death.

Sue Leather. Dead Cold. (2006). Cambridge University Press.