by Alan Battersby · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521686075
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«East 43rd Street» is the crime novel by Alan Battersby, published by Cambridge University Press in paperback, 96 pages, in English.
At Christmas in New York, private detective Nathan Marley is hired by a rich and mysterious woman: to recover a case of jewels from a left-luggage locker at Grand Central station. Marley doesn't trust her and soon finds himself caught up in a plot of fraud, computer hacking and kidnapping.
Part of the Cambridge English Readers series, level 5 (Upper Intermediate). The pack includes three audio CDs with the complete recording of the text.
Aimed at upper-intermediate English learners looking for graded crime fiction.
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.
