Mystery In London

CONTENTS

STORY INTRODUCTION 1

Mystery in London 1

GLOSSARY 25

ACTIVITIES: Before Reading 29

ACTIVITIES: While Reading 30

ACTIVITIES: After Reading 32

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 34

ABOUT THE BOOKWORMS LIBRARY 35

Mystery in London

It is the year 1898, and you are Mycroft Pound, the famous detective. You are sitting in you house in London, one cold November evening. There is a knock at the door. It is Inspector Freewell of the London Police.

“Can you come to Whitechapel, Mr. Pound? We need your help. There´s a woman in the street. She isn´t dead, but there´s blood everywhere. We think it´s the Whitechapel Killer again.”

 You put on your coat. Go to 18.

You are in Annie´s house. A woman comes in.

“Who are you”? What are you doing here? She asks. You tell her about Annie.

“That´s terrible,” she says.

“Do you know any her friends?” you ask.

The woman thinks. “Her best friend is a woman called Rosy. She lives in Limehouse Street. But she has a boyfriend. That´s him, there, in that picture. I don’t like him.”

 You go back to the Rose and Crown to talk to the other people. Go to 10.

 You go to Limehouse Street to look for Rosy. Go to 35.

You want to get to the Californian and talk to Jack.

 You jump in the water and swim after the ship. Go to 8.

 You cannot swim. You think about how you can get on to the ship. Go to 13.

“Do you know the name of the woman in the street?” you ask the old man.

He cannot hear you and he does not answer.

 Go to 10.

You go across the bridge, but you cannot see the Californian. There is a sailor in one of the small boats, and there is an old man fishing.

 You ask the sailor for help. Go to 24.

 You ask the old man for help. Go to 34.

You talk to young man. He comes into the street and looks at the woman.

“Her name´s Annie, I think,” he says.

“Do you know where she lives?”

“Yes. She lives in Cable Street, I think.”

 You go back into the Rose and Crown and talk to the other people. Go to 10.

 You go to Cable Street. Go to 30.

The captain of the Californian calls the three Jacks.

Which Jack do you want to speak to?

 The Jack on the left. Go to 17.

 The Jack in the middle. Go to 23.

 The Jack on the right. Go to 31.

You jump into the whater and swim after the ship. But the ship is going very fast. After

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