Livro - Goldfish - Oxford Bookworms Library - Level 3 - Raymond Chandler

As pérolas Leander foram roubadas à 19 anos atrás. O ladrão foi pego, mas as pérolas nunca foram encontrados, e há ainda uma recompensa de US $ 25.000 para qualquer um que encontra-las. Então alguém vem ao detetive particular Carmady com uma história sobre um cara que sabe onde as pérolas estão escondidas. Carmady concorda em falar com o cara que diz que sabe. Mas ele encontra-o morto na sua cama, com os pés queimados, e parece que há muitas pessoas em Los Angeles que ouviram a história, e que estão fora procurando as pérolas Leander.

The Leander pearls were stolen nineteen years ago. The thief was caught, but the pearls were never found, and there is still a $25,000 reward for anyone who finds them. Then somebody comes to private detective Carmady with a story about a guy who knows where the pearls are hidden. Carmady agrees to talk to the guy who says he knows. But he finds him dead in his bed, with burned feet, and it seems there are quite a lot of people in Los Angeles who have heard the story, and who are out looking for the Leander pearls.