Great Stapleton, a small country town in the South of England, is not much bigger than a village. It is not the kind of place where people are murdered. So when the postman comes into the police station one morning to tell the police that Colonel Townsend has been murdered, Inspector Chapman thinks he is joking. When he sees the body, he knows that this is no joke. As he starts his investigation, he quickly discovers that there is a lot more going on in Great Stapleton then he had imagined...

DELTA Readers Crime and Thriller is a series of stories that are so exciting, you won't be able to put them down!

This reader includes:

• explanations of new vocabulary directly at the bottom of each page
• activities to check understanding and develop your language skills
• Think about it: opportunities to reflect on what you have read
• Find out more: questions and tasks designed to help you learn more about what you have read