Bad Company

On the beach was the body of a young woman wearing a dark blue skirt, a white blouse and a short red jacket. (p. 8)

A murder happens. The main character, a detective inspector, Helen Shepherd tries to investigate the incident. The name of a woman killed by someone is Claudia Engel. She worked for a company, but during her vacation in Hythe, she is killed. Of course, some workers who visit Hythe with Engel, but there's no clue about the incident. During questioning, the workers tell a lie. That's why things are getting more complicated.


Richard, Macandrew. (2011). Bad Company. Cambridge: UK

The man from nowhere

The Washiba Sands - a soft sand desert in northeast Oman. (p. 5)

A family (a man, his wife, and their son) were traveling by plane during their long vacation. Their destination was Tehran, but the weather in Tehran was terrible then. Therefore, they decided to change their plan and started to go to Paris. Unfortunately, on the way to Paris, a bird strike happened. The airplane struck〔 hit〕lots of birds. As a result, they crashed into a land. They were all alive, but there were no food, no villages, no wood, no people, so he made a decision to go to the coast to call for help and find someone who could help them. He kept walking without consciousness, and then he collapsed. However, a boy in a village noticed him lying on the sand, and fortunately, he was helped by some villagers.
He was taken by a helicopter to a hospital in the capital city. But he was in a coma then...


Bernard Smith. (2000). The Man from Nowhere. Cambridge: UK.

Apollo's Gold

It began with a visit to the doctor. (p. 5)

The main character, Liz is an English archaeologist, 27 years old, works in Athens. However, she is so busy working and studying, so she almost gets ill. A doctor advises her to take a holiday off, but she doesn't want to. Eventually, she decides to take some days off because her teacher on Greek pots tells her to do so. He says to her, "You need to go away. Go to an island. The islands are s beautiful in April. Lots of flowers and no tourists. You can stay in my house on Sifnos.", and then she decides to stay there to have a rest. However, that's the beginning of her terrible incident. If you get interested in this story, read it.

Antoinette, Moses. (2015). Apollo's Gold. Cambridge: United Kingdom.

Dead Cold

In January they found the girl's body.

The main character, Flick is an able police officer in Denver, America.

One day in January, the body of a 23 year-old girl, Janine is found. She was murdered by someone at the hotel. Flick is trying to find out the truth of the case. In the past, she lost his colleague, Scott who was killed by one of Denver's criminals, and also he was the best friend of Flick. Therefore, when it comes to murder, Flick cannot stop thinking about Scott. She starts to ask some questions to the dead girl's friends who were stayed at the hotel with her. According to them, Janine used to write in her notebook everyday. He thinks it may give a hint about the murder, but it is nowhere. At this point, I thought the murderer took it away. However, he gets a amazing piece of information from one of the waiters who work at the hotel. If you want to know the rest of this story, read this book.

Sue, Leather. (2006). Dead Cold. Cambridge: United Kingdom.