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Cambridge English Readers is an exciting series of original fiction, specially written for learners of english. Graded into 7 levels - from starter to advanced – the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.

New York on a cold, wet evening, six days before Christmas. Nathan Marley, an old fashioned private investigator in a modern world, is relaxing in McFadden's bar. An expensively-dressed woman walks in the bar, buys a drink with a hundred-dollar bill, and leaves without her change. Marley decides to follow her, and suddenly Christmas becomes a lot more exciting than he expected.