Anthologies

Murder British Style

Information   Teaser   Teacher Resources   Cover Illustration

Information

• First edition:
  • Barnes and Noble Books, 1993, USA.
    • Edited by Martin H. Greenberg
• Contains:
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"

Teaser

"Murder isn't just plain old-fashioned murder when it's 'Murder British Style'! This warming, yet chilling compendium of mystery and death presents nineteen classic, 'cozy' murders by some of the world's great mystery writers. The accent is British, and the lineup is a virtual 'Who's Who in the Mystery World', with stories by Dame Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, Simon Brett, Michael Gilbert, Julian Symons, Roald Dahl, Dorothy J. Cannell, John Dixon Carr, and many more..."

Teacher Resources

• "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • Wide Reading Coursework
    • Various activities that involve comparing this story to Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm", Charles Dickens's "The Signalman", and Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Speckled Band"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a reading jigsaw, ranking features of the perfect murder, and vocabulary matching task

Cover Illustration

Click on thumbnail to see the full–size version...