Irakurle Finaren Txokoa
2024(e)ko azaroaren 20(a), asteazkena
UN MUNDO FELIZ- ALDOUS HUXLEY
DEJA QUE OCURRA- ALICE KELLEN
EAR-RINGS FROM FRANKFURT- by REG WRIGHT
SYNOPSIS
Jennifer's parents died in a road accident, she has always been an independent woman and she is a nurse, she works a lot. She has a younger brother, called Richard and he always needs Jennifer’s help. He is a problematic boy, never lasts long at a job and he is always borrowing money. This time he needed Jenni´s help to give him twenty pounds, according to him as a gift to his girlfriend. He had lost his job and the boss didn´t want to give him the salary. Jenni didn’t believe him because he always said the same, even so she gave him the money but with the condition to give her the money back. Richard accepted. That same afternoon Jenni was meeting Claire in the restaurant named Maxim´s. Here was a birthday party however the girl that was having it didn´t look very happy, this caught Jenni´s attention but the ear-rings she was wearing caught her attention even more.They were big and shiny gold. She thought that it was strange that a beautiful woman with beautiful ear-rings was unhappy on her birthday and mentioned it to Claire. By surprise there was a loud crash. One of the men that was singing “happy birthday” had blood in his face. Jeni and her friend jumped up and ran over to him. “He needs a doctor” said Jenni so Claire took her car and they carried him to the hospital. While they were on the road the man insisted on not going to the hospital but the girls didn´t care about it. When they arrived a nurse came and she took it, the man didn´t thank the girls. After that they returned to the restaurant but found everyone outside and the police at the door, two of them were holding the unhappy girl. Jenni and Claire looked at each other but did´t say anything. When they saw that they weren´t letting anyone in, Jenni suggested going home. The next day Jenni went to her work, ñike every day and the boss called her saying that someone called her, the person who called said that her name was Wendy and she was Richard´s friend. Jenni didnt know anyone called Wendy and it seemed odd. At the end of the day while Jenni was going up the stairs she heard voices above. Two men were at her door. They said to her that they are detectives and they have to ask some questions, so Jenni opened the door and the three of them went inside. They asked many questions about Richard and about the night before. Jenni answered honestly to their questions but when they asked about Richard´s girlfriend, Jenni didn´t know anything about the relationships of her brother. One of the detectives mentioned that the name of the girlfriend was Wendy, Jenni assumed it was the girl who called her this morning but didn´t say anything about. Before the detectives left they said to Jenni that they were looking for some stolen jewellery and they believe that her brother knows something about it. Also they said that Richard was working for a criminal. Jenni didn´t sleep well at night. The next morning after working, she returned to her house and she heard that the telephone was ringing. It was Wendy. The girl said that she was round the corner from her flat and she asked if she could enter. Jenni accepted. When she saw Wendy´s face from the door she knew who is, the girl who was having a party at Maxim´ s for a few days. When they entered inside Wendy told him when she met Richard, from where were the ear-rings that she wore on Maxim´s night, who was their job boss… She said that Joe Kelly, the boss and the man which Jenni and Claire took to the hospital, was a criminal. One day he said to Wendy to go to Frankfurt for some egg boxes, obviously she was afraid and she thought that was strange, and no matter how much she insisted on not going Kelly forced her. The next day while she was waiting for the plane at the airport Richard appeared and he said that Kelly told him to go too. When they arrived to Frankfurt, to the hotel, came one white car for them, like Kelly said to her. The men of the car were Kelly´s friends who they had to give the egg boxes. The men took them to an old house, and gave them the 3 egg boxes, and suddenly a lot of policemen entered the house. One of the policemen took Richard and Wendy and he said to them that the boy´s call was helpful to know what was soing their boss. The policeman ordered them to return to their city with the egg boxes and to don´t say anything about this. They obeyed and came back, they gave the boxes to Kelly and he gave some big earrings to Wendy, telling her that they were his birthday present. He also told her that he would throw her a birthday party at a restaurant. Wendy said that she didn´t want the stolen ear-rings and also the party, but Kelly didn´t matter. Jenni heard all this with attention when suddenly someone knocked the door: Richard with the detectives of the last day. The men entered the house and everyone wanted to speak. Eventually, the detectives explained that the polices of Germany spoke with them and they told all to them and now Kelly was in the prison. When the detectives left Richard gave back the twenty pounds to her sister and gave to Wendy her birthday present, a pair of gold ear-rings, but this time not stolen.
PERSONAL OPINION
I liked this book a lot. The ending was satisfying because Richard returned the money and gave Wendy new ear-rings, showing that things are not as bad as they seemed at first. Overall, I think it’s a good story that combines family, crime, and suspense in a way that keeps the reader interested. Also, it is very fast and easy to read, the vocabulary is simple and if you don´t understand something the book has a glossary. I have never read any book in English and I think that I will be encouraged to read more books like this.
REVIEW by SALMA MAKBOUL