This story is written by British writer Rowena Akimyemi.
Synopsis of this story
The Clarkson family live in a country near Cambridge.The owner Molly has a big,old house with a beautiful garden.She has three children,a son Roger and two daughters Jackie and Diane.They don’t like their mother.Molly is a rich woman,and their children all want her money,even her sister’s husband Albert.Everyone is angry Molly.
Diane wants money to go to Amenican.Roger wants his mother sell her house to build ten house in the garden,so he can get a lot of money from them.Albert needs money because his wife Annie,who is Molly’s sister,is very ill.
One day,Molly was murdered. Someone put sleeping tablets in Molly’s hot milk and killed her.Detective inspector Walsh and Sergent Foster investigate this issue.They asked many questions to all the people.After two days of investigation,the truth unfolded at last.
A long time ago,a nice boy worked in Molly’s garden.He was the gardener.Jackie loved him very much,and the boy loved her too.But Jackie’s mother,Molly didn’t agree because she thought a gardener is not a good husband for a Clarkson girl.Some day,the boy came back,but he had no money.He wanted the garden for his farm,he wanted money,he wanted Jackie.But Molly said no.In the end,Jackie wanted to kill her mother,and she did.This boy is Tom Briggs.
Peoples in this story
1、Jackie
She is a tall,fat woman,thirty years old.She lives with her mother.
2、Diane
She is twenty years old,the youngest in the Clarkson family.She lives in Londen,in one room of a big house.She wants to be a singer.She songs very well but she could never get work.Diane doesn't like cheep things.
3、Molly
She is a tall,dark woman with beautiful eyes.She is fifty years old.She usually takes a sleeping tablet every night.
4、Peter Hobbs
He is seventeen.He is very angry with Molly.
5、Albert
He is the husband of Molly's sister,Annie.He is a tall man.
6、Roger
Roger is Molly's son,her second child.He lives in Cambridge,in an expensive house.He wants Molly's house and garden.
7、Annie
She is Molly's sister and Albert's wife.She is very ill and stays in bed all the time.
8、Tom Briggs
He is a young man,about thirty years old.He is always dirty and he has bad teeth.
9、Dr Pratt
He is a litter fat man without much hair.He is the family doctor and he knows all the Clarkson family very well.
10、Walsh
He is a detective inspector,a big man.
11、Sergeant Foster
He is a very tall young man with black hair and a nice smile.He usually plays tennis on Sunday mornings.He is one of the best players at the Cambridge Tennis Club.
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