GOLDFISH

The writer is Raymond Chnndler and this is in Oxford Bookworms. It is a book about crime and mystery.

The main characters are Carmady, Kathy Horne, Peeler Mardo and Wally Sype. The action is in Los Angeles, Olympia and Westport.

I was looking for a book in the library when suddently I saw it on the shelves. I started to read the summary. It was perfefct to read in English. On the other hand, the subject was interesting.

The story begins with Carmady. He's a private detective and at that moment he had not had any work until Kathy Horne arrieves at the office. She tells him a story about Leander Pearls. She lives alone on one side of the house and the other side is hired by Peter Mardo. When he was in prison he had a partner, Wally Sype. One night, Wally had drunk a lot and told him the story about the pearls. Despite the story, Carmady does not want to discover where they are until Kathy says that there is a reward (25,000 dollars) for that person who finds out where the pearls are. When Carmady arrives at Peelers's house, he is dead. Someone wanted to talk to hm and later kill him. Carmady continues studying the mystery with other camarades.

In the book, characers are always smoking. The story was written in 1933. It is interesting to know where the Pearls are all the time.

I recoomend the book strongly if you like the subject. There is action, crime, money anb good characters.

By Vanessa Varela Gómez (Intermedio 2).