The Amsterdam Connection

by Sue Leather

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. Journalist Kate Jensen is shocked when her friend Max is found murdered in Amsterdam. She goes there to search for her friend's killer and starts asking questions at the football club he owned. It soon becomes clear that someone doesn't want her to get any answers and Kate discovers that football can be a very dangerous game indeed.Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book. Contains adult material which may not be suitable for younger readers.

Genres: Crime

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Sue Leather has been in the ELT field for thirty years. Originally from the north west of England, between 1985 and 2000, she worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and educational manager in Spain, UK and the Netherlands. She has an MA in Education from the Institute of Education, University of London. She has written a number of articles for ELT journals and magazines, and is a frequent presenter at international conferences. In 2000, she set up her own consultancy group, Sue Leather Associates, and works on educational projects all over the world. Her main interests within ELT are materials development, teacher training and trainer training.

Sue has been writing original learner fiction since 1990, and has written some thirty readers . Her Dead Cold , published by Cambridge University Press, won the Extensive Reading Foundation award in 2005. Sue is currently Co-Series Editor for Page Turners, a series of original fiction for National Geographic/Cengage Learning. She now lives on the beautiful west coast of Canada, where she gains inspiration for her work.

Reviews

[HonokaAndo]

1.level 4
2.Nov19,50min 20,60min,23,40min
3.murder, newsreporter, friend, football, police, Kate, money
4.a) Kate is a news reporter in London. Suddenly Max killed by someone.Max was Kate's ex-boss and good friend.He was killed with twenty knife wounds. Kate trys to find the criminal and go to the amsterdam.
b)Someone is betting large amounts of money on Rotterdam losing matches.Goal keeper of the team was losing their game on porpose because he offered a lot of money...
It is not fair play and it makes many people disappointed.
5. This story was about murder. two people were killed in this story. I thought Kate is a man because she is so brave and she doesn't afraid of anything. She experienced many dangerous situations.

[Jun H]

Kate Jensen is the writer of echo newspaper in London. Her ex-boss, Max carson, has suspicious death after meeting with her in Amsterdam in Holland. Also, he own a soccer club in his hometown. After the police reporting which results his death was made by burglary, she has a question about the truth about his death. During the investigation, her faces the situation of death, and she convince that there is a misterious reason for his unbelivable death. Finally, she find that the people who have a new high portion of ownership make a conspiracy about the lottery for big amout beting. Finally, she dig up the all conspiracy and reveal the truth of her ex-boss's death.

[Sulava Singha]

so do you like murder mystery with not much complications ? yes you like it right then you must read it! i love all the collection of Cambridge. I won't talk about the story at all let it be a mystery all I can say is you can finish it in an hr or 2 , sit back relax and if you want to read something light over a glass of wine then this one is perfect

[Janete on hiatus due health issues]

easy text + audio for people that are learning English.

[Lavanya Rampalli]

The Amsterdam Connection by Sue Leather.

📖 The Amsterdam Connection – Sue Leather
⭐ Rating: 3.5/5

A fast-paced, easy-to-read mystery set against the beautiful backdrop of Amsterdam. The story follows journalist Kate Jensen as she gets pulled into a dangerous investigation involving crime, secrets, and unexpected twists.

The writing is simple and engaging, making it perfect if you're looking for a quick thriller or are trying to get out of a reading slump. While the mystery keeps the pages turning, I wished the characters and emotional depth had been explored a little more.

What I liked:

🇳🇱 Amsterdam setting

🕵️ Mystery & investigation

⚡ Fast-paced

📖 Beginner-friendly thriller

🔍 Short and engaging

Final Thoughts:
A good choice for readers who enjoy short crime mysteries with an international setting. It may not be the most unforgettable thriller, but it's entertaining and keeps you curious until the end.

⭐ 3.5/5

[Yuki]

The friend of main character, who she was grateful very much because she was helped her career and life, who was dead. Then, to pass his intention, to search the truth, she fought and worked extremely hard. Her strong emotions and crying in her heart were conveyed through the text of this book.

[Alexandra Ruiz]

Good

The story is a bit predictable, but a lot new vocabulary. Easy to read. Good for a people interested in journalism.

[AlbaAr]

Easy reading. Good to start reading in English. The story is quite basic but it is a short book, no te sure if you can expect something more complicate the short amount of pages

[Lilia]

Very good

It’s perfect for learning English, the story is very interesting. It’s very clear. And with the kindle version is easier.

[Antonio Estrada]

es un libro entretenido para los que estamos aprendiendo el idioma "ingles" vale la pena comprarlo en la amazon por Kindle.

[Luuk Damen]

A little boring at some points, but the rest of it was good.

[Mery]

Me lo mandaron en la aca y sorprendentemente ni tan mal JAJAJAJAJA

[Aleksandra Chrószcz]

bez oceny, traktuje tą książkę raczej jako teścik mojego angielskiego bo też czego oczekiwać po 100 stronowym kryminale

[ainaraa]

3,5⭐️

[Maryam]

Het was oprecht goed. Kort maar leuk

[Bo Hendrikx📚☕️]

Ik moest dit boek lezen voor Engels. Het is een leuk boek maar niet heel uitgebreid (het heeft maar heel weinig pagina’s).

[Selma Ploeg]

This has decent writing and plot for beginners. Also interesting to use the descriptions of The Netherlands in this book to discuss stereotypes with Dutch teens.

[gigi ♡]

a pretty solid but short story. had to read it for english class and found myself enjoying it quite a bunch. got very invested at the end

[Jay]

First Book I've ever read and it did not disappoint.

[Alicia Pineiro]

no me acuerdo de que iba pero sé que me subió la nota de inglés en primero de bac

[Stefan Gort]

A Very Nice book this book is a dedective i like iT

[Yurika Tokoro]

Cambridge/ level 4
Jan 4th = 120 minutes

reporter/ Amsterdam/ mugger/ police/ football/ share/ money

"Parhaps that was the meaning of friendship. Perhaps the only true one."
The protagonist of this story, Kate was once saved her life by her ex-collegue, Max when she got into a serious trouble. He fought for her even though his life was also in a dangerous situation because of her. She never forgets to owe him, and she chases to find out the real fact why he is murdered. This time is a bit different that Max is already gone though. She never gives up on it even if he is no more here, and I agree that this could be the true friendship.

It was my first time to read a level 4 book from Cambridge, and I found that the higer the book's level is, the more realistic the story coud be. I almost felt likeI was watching a sort of criminal movie while reading it. Really good content and I also realized that I like this auther Sue Leather so much!

[Hermien]

A very simple mystery but I liked the local references and setting.

[Rahul Vaidya]

Good light read.

[Yasuko]

2015.1.28 17619words

[Mia Ploumis]

easy to read.