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. Penny Wade travels to Barcelona to perform in a concert with her orchestra. But the trip is not quite what she imagined. Her double bass goes missing and her boyfriend is acting very strangely. One night everyone is woken by screams and the orchestra manager is found dead on the street outside their hotel. Did he fall from the hotel window or was he pushed? And what has Penny's missing double bass got to do with it?Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book. 1. A bit of a problem; 2. A beautiful day; 3. A newspaper, a beach; 4. The concert; 5. Screams in the night; 6. Inspector Portillo; 7. Secrets; 8. A restaurant, a fight; 9. Two men, a truck and a double bass; 10. Why did you do it?; 11. One more question. 'What distinguishes the series from all the others is the zest and freshness of the text. Where the emphasis in other series is on plain and straightforward language, Cambridge English Reading texts typically use very modern expressions and the dialogue is faster moving. This has an impact on the quality of the audio cassettes, which make for very enjoyable listening. ' David R. Hill, Survey Review: Readers, ELT JournalAward-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. BIC Code: ELH