A Tangled Web Level 5Cambridge English Readers is an award-winning series of original fiction readers for learners of English, offering exciting reading from Starter to Advanced levels. Dan Combes is a former MI6 agent living peacefully in France. After being attacked by a former colleague, he realises his relationship with the British Secret Service has not yet finished. He believes the attack is linked to his roles in Berlin and Central America. But that was years ago so why do they want him dead now? Dan returns to England and confronts his difficult past - a web of lies and deceit that he knows must end.Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book. Contains adult material. |
Contents
The River | 7 |
On the Hillside | 9 |
The Fight | 10 |
The House | 12 |
Hotel des Templiers | 15 |
Meeting in Castelnau | 17 |
Journey to Barcelona | 20 |
Bert Perkins | 27 |
Death in Wimbledon | 59 |
Burstead Hall Oxfordshire | 62 |
Big Fish Deep Waters | 65 |
Settling Accounts | 68 |
Talking it over | 73 |
Crossing the Channel | 78 |
Driving South | 81 |
A New Life? | 85 |
Nina Rowlandson | 31 |
Hugo Strang | 34 |
Death in Berlin | 37 |
The San Cristobal Operation | 43 |
Epping Forest | 48 |
Waiting in Wimbledon | 51 |
At the Kings Head | 55 |
Full Circle | 88 |
Endgame | 91 |
An Underground Station in London | 93 |
The Valley | 94 |
A Drug Overdose at HQ | 95 |
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A Tangled Web Level 5 Upper Intermediate Book with Audio CDs (3) Pack Alan Maley Limited preview - 2006 |
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