{"product_id":"murder-at-the-grand-alpine-hotel","title":"Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel - Wednesdays from 4th November","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead and discuss the first new Agatha Christie staring Miss Marple - a classic golden age whodunnit! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoin this English book group \u003c\/strong\u003eand gain extra motivation to read in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e7 hours of live classes\u003c\/strong\u003e to help you develop fluent speaking in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiscuss\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003echaracter types, motives \u003c\/strong\u003eand clues and work out whodunnit!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBe corrected by an expert English teacher\u003c\/strong\u003e to remove errors and mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUse and improve your English \u003c\/em\u003ein this 7 week English book club course using the new Agatha Christie continuation novel, written by Lucy Foley: Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel.  \u003cspan\u003eEach week you \u003cem\u003eread\u003c\/em\u003e some chapters, \u003cem\u003ediscuss\u003c\/em\u003e them in class and \u003cem\u003eimprove\u003c\/em\u003e specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also \u003cem\u003eexamining\u003c\/em\u003e literary aspects of the novel.  Personalised feedback \u003cem\u003eimproves\u003c\/em\u003e your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book Club book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiss Marple returns in this full length novel, 50 years after her last appearance.  Written by British thriller writer, Lucy Foley, it's a story of murder set in the mountains of the Swiss Alps, in a luxurious hotel in 1950.  As always with Agatha Christie, we have a great set of suspects - a famous actress, an ambitious politician, an unknowable political wife, a dangerous friend, a clever doctor.  After a dead body is found in the ski-lift Miss Marple swiftly moves into action to find the killer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoff says:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"This first \"new\" Miss Marple is a long awaited literary event!  Lucy Foley has written some gripping thrillers in the past (e.g. The Hunting Party\/The Guest List), and this is no exception.  This is a \"golden age\" murder mystery - a list of varied suspects, and a killer on the loose, set in the beauty of an elegant hotel.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 19.0037%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 80.6273%;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Murder Mystery, \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: British English; 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