No Place to Hide Level 3 Lower-intermediate

by Alan Battersby

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. One day in the fall a woman calls at the New York office of Nat Marley, licensed private investigator, to ask him to find Patrick, her missing husband. Marley's enquiries take him to the financial district of Wall Street and an investment company whose returns are too good to be true. Then the police find a body in the trunk of a car – Patrick's car. Whose is the body and where is Patrick? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 2011

Reviews

[Eugenia Mariani · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fue mi lectura obligatoria de mi tercer nivel de inglés en el instituto Cambridge.
La historia es llevadera aunque es irrelevante ya que no deja ningún mensaje al lector. Los capítulos son cortos y el vocabulario es bastante fácil.
Para ser una lectura obligatoria no está mal, pero no lo recomiendo.

[Abimael NM]

XD

[Yuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was like a movie, so I read it while I was excited by the storyline. The main character who works as a private investigator worked outstandingly cleverer than New York Police Department, he looked like a boss of them. I also have another book of the main character, and I am looking forward to reading it the later day.

[Danielle Kirk]

My students really enjoyed this one!

[沙綾 須長 · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Cambridge University, level3.
-Time:11/14= 100 minutes
-7 words summary: Marley, Patric, Joyce, murder, hotel, NYPD, escape
-Discussion questions;
1. The main character Marley is a private investigator, and he works hard. Do you want to become a private investigator?
- No, I don't. Because they need power of reasonings, and have to trace someone by hidding.
2. Joyce's husband Patrick disappeared with leaving messages "I am safe. But, I can't come home for some reasons." What would you do if your partner disappear with leaving like this messages?
-I will ask a private investigator, and start crying!!!

People whow like thriller should read this book!

[Miyu Kojima · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. Cambridge, level 3
2. 7/14 =20 min. 7/15 =90 min.
3. Marley, investigator, Joyce O'Naill, Julia, Patrick, disappeared, find
4. a: "He left this message on the kitchen table,". She took a postcard from her purse and read to me.
b: I was also worried about the content of Patrick's message, but I worried Joyce's feeling. I think she was thinking that why did he disappeared and what castles he involved.
5. Marley is a licensed private investigator. One day, a mother, Joyce O'Naill, and Julia, her daughter visited him. They asked him to find her husband, Patrick. Marley tried to find. There were many people, so it made me puzzled. Sometimes, I thought " who is he/her".

[Mana Ando · Rating 3 out of 5]

1.Cambridge Level3

2.4/15=80min,4/22=80min

3.Patrick,disappear,investigator,finance,death,murder,NYPD

4.a "It's about my husband, Patrick. He's disappeared and I really need to find him. It doesn't matter how much it costs".

b I thought only the person who is rich can say about money. The wife really wants to know where her husband is so I think she really loves him.

5.Joyce who is a wife of Patrick believes that Patrick isn't a murder. She didn't never suspect him of murder. I tought this trust is important and nice.

[Shizuka · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Cambridge University, level3.
-Time:100 minutes
-7 words summary: murder, NYPD, escape, mistily, gamble, hide, cupboard
-Discussion questions;
Do you have secret which you can't say your family?
→yes i do. But mine is not so serious like Patrick. His secret was horrible because it made Joyce sad.
-It was really excited story. People who love detective story must read it. At the last part I thought it is difficult to hide in cupboard suddenly.

[Lucho · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know that this is a book that works as an introduction to reading, but it was too boring in some parts. One of the problems that I found is the continuing and unnecessary descrption of location. I think the ending was predictable, but that doesn't mean that inside that predictability you can't add some elements or make it a little bit longer.

[NGAN YI · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a very interesting book as there were many boring parts where i ust wanted to skip through them. The book didn't provide enough suspense for me and the ending was quite predictable. It's a book that i don't hate but also don't love

[Hui]

good and nice book!

[Momoko Fujigaki · Rating 3 out of 5]

totally about 3 hours
It was so long that it took about 3 hours.
The genre was thriller. I like that genre, but I couldn't have fun so muh from this book.

[tomás · Rating 4 out of 5]

de todos los que leí para inglés quizá el que más me gusto o el que menos me aburrió.