Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. 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 has 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. CEFR B2/C1 Word count 26,500
