by Alan Battersby · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521173056
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«No Place to Hide» is the mystery novel by Alan Battersby, published by Cambridge University Press in paperback (64 pages, in English).
A woman hires New York private detective Nat Marley to find her husband, Patrick. The investigation leads Marley to the Wall Street financial district, where an investment firm offers suspiciously high returns. When the police find a body in the trunk of Patrick's car, the detective must unravel a web of secrets and deceptions to find the truth.
It belongs to the Cambridge English Readers series, level 3 lower-intermediate. Includes an audio CD with the complete recording of the text.
Aimed at English learners who wish to strengthen reading and listening comprehension with a detective story.
Sir Alan Rushton Battersby (4 March 1925 – 10 February 2018) was an English organic chemist best known for his work to define the chemical intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12 and the reaction mechanisms of the enzymes involved. His research group was also notable for its synthesis of radiolabelled precursors to study alkaloid biosynthesis and the stereochemistry of enzymic reactions. He won numerous awards including the Royal Medal in 1984 and the Copley Medal in 2000. He was knighted in the 1992 New Year Honours. Battersby died in February 2018 at the age of 92.
