by Alan Battersby · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521798440
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«This Time it's Personal» is the crime thriller novel by Alan Battersby, published by Cambridge University Press in paperback (110 pages, in English).
Private detective Nathan Marley investigates the arrest of José, brother of his assistant Stella, accused of murder. Unidentified bodies appear on a beach and the investigation leads him to the Russian-American community of New York, where he finds a wall of silence. Behind it lies a business of illegal immigration and dirty money.
It belongs to the Cambridge English Readers series, as a Level 6 (Advanced) reader. The cover indicates downloadable audio; it was published in 2003.
Intended for advanced-level English students who want to practice reading and expand vocabulary with a mystery 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.
