The hitch-hiker (Student ed)

It's my job to look at people and to think carefully about them.

I was sure there was something strange about this man.

His hair - nobody has their hair cut quite like that now. And that suit - it was quite clean, quite new, but the trousers and the jacket were different somehow ...Where had I seen a suit like that before?

There has been a car crash on an empty road, and a driver who thinks he has killed a man.

Sue Fraser is a police officer. She has to investigate the accident. First she must find the strange hitchhiker - the man she gave a lift to on the day the accident happened.

Level 4 1,250 headwords Story word count: 6,302 words Currently comprising 16 titles across four stages - from beginner to upper intermediate - the series is carefully graded, lexically and structurally, to encourage young adults to read for pleasure and at speed.

The stories are all, first and foremost, just that - stories, from ELT authors well known for their ability to craft original and engaging narratives to entertain and educate.

Each reader contains striking and contemporary full-colour illustrations and photos, resource pages of well-scaffolded exercises, and an easy-to-use glossary. Titles in Levels 1 and 2 are 32 pages each, while titles in Levels 3 and 4 are 40 pages each.