The Thirty-Nine Steps
Contributors: Jennifer Bassett (Series Editor)
Series: Oxford Bookworms. Stage 4
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: October 18, 2000
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780194230483
Description: A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Nick Bullard

'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.'

Soon Richard Hannay is running to his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well - the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?