A Coffin from Hong Kong / Гроб из Гонконга. Книга для чтения на английском языке

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Джеймс Хедли Чейз. A Coffin from Hong Kong / Гроб из Гонконга. Книга для чтения на английском языке

Chapter One

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Chapter Two

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Chapter Three

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2

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4

Chapter Four

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2

Vocabulary

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B

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D

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J

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Q

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Отрывок из книги

I was just about to shut down the office[1] for the night when the telephone bell rang. The time was ten minutes past six o’clock. It had been a dull, long and unprofitable day: no visitors, a mail I had dropped into the trash basket without even slitting an envelope, and now this first telephone call.

I lifted the receiver and said, “Nelson Ryan.” My voice as alert and eager as I could make it.

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“Her handbag?”

“It adds up, doesn’t it?”

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