Meet Me in Istanbul

by Richard Chisholm (Editor), John Milne (Editor)

Adventure thriller set in Turkey. Tom Smith flies to Istanbul to join his fiancée for a holiday. But Angela fails to meet him that evening as arranged and she is not at her apartment either. The next morning Tom hears some terrible news: Angela was killed in a driving accident – a week ago.

[Macmillan Reader, Intermediate Level]
Written specially for students of English, this English Language Teaching (ELT/ESL) book is an intermediate-level Macmillan Reader.

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1979

Reviews

[Walaa Al Kasfriti ولاء الكسفريتي]

تجربة أكثر من رائعة🥰..
اسم الرواية القصيرة بالعربي "قابلنى فى أسطنبول"
قرأتها فى جلسة واحدة فقط ،، و لأول مرة في تحدي مع نفسي لأفعلها و نجحت ...

القصة عبارة عن ،،
توم البطل من لندن و خطيبته انجيلا تعمل فى اسطنبول ،، تركت له رسالة بأنه يسافر لها أسطنبول لانها لا تعرف أخد أجازة من العمل حتى بعد شهرين عمل و أنه يجب ان يفكر و يزورها قريبا ،، و قد كان ...
و بطلنا توم تعرف على كمال تركي الجنسية و لكنه يدرس فى جامعة لندن ،، و فورا تبادلوا الارقام ...
و عندما أتى موعد لقاء الاحبة توم ب انجيلا ،، فقط اختفت الاخيرة و فيه ظروف غامضة ...
حيث ذهب توم الى مكان عملها و في السفارة البريطانية ليأكدوا له أنها توفت منذ اسبوع ،، و غير قادرين لوصول لعائلتها ...
و لكن ما حدث غير ذلك أكيد و هذا ما توالت الاحداث ،، ليظهر مدي قوة الحب و الصداقة حتى لو بدأت من يوم واحد ...

حقيقي فخورة بنفسي انى خلصتها فى جلسة و من غير ما الجئ للترجمة اى كلمة ،، و اللى خلانى أبكي من الفرحة أن القصة فوق مستوي الحقيقي للغتى ...

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[Andrew]

My first book in English…

[Reham Elkomy]

23/11/2025

[Nuren Popatiya]

Meet Me in Istanbul by Richard Chisholm

This is an interesting short book set in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. This book has only 55 pages, but an absolute pageturner.

Tom Smith reading a letter from her fiancee at Heathrow Airport, London. Tom was flying to meet her fiancee in Istanbul. During the flight, Tom met Kemal and they both became good friends. On his way to the Hotel, Tom saw Angela her fiancee entering a building. He shouted but she didn't listen. They both were going to meet at the American Bar at 5:00 pm but she didn't arrive. Tom tried calling her but there was no response. .

Next day, Tom went to Angela's workplace where he met Diinya, Angela's employer. Diinya told him that Angela died a week ago in a car accident. .

It will take hardly an hour to read this short book.

For me, it was ⭐⭐⭐/5

[Jac]

It's a little suspense story

[Silvia López]

El mejor puto libro del mundo, saqué un 10 en el examen. Me entretuvo mucho, chicos merece mucho la pena este libro.😘

[Muhammad Bahrul Abid]

It's made me laughed when i read the ending.
Sad story.

[Lacivard Mammadova]

Necə primitiv, ne sadə, necə banal (burda gozlərimi yuxarı çevirən sifətim olmalıdır). Ucuz action filmi kimi. Səs eləsin deyə tv'ini yandırıb getdiyiniz filmlər. İngilis dili üçün oxudum, sizə də oxumağı məsləhət görmürəm. Sadə anlaşılan olmalı da olsa, oxuyacaqsınızsa, buna, itirdiyiniz vaxta uyğun nəsə oxuyun.

[Deniz]

It took me 1 hour to finish it. Cute and nice storyline. Gotta love Istanbul with its mysteries and cats 💛

[Oliwka]

Cool book for eng beginners

[Madoka Sakuta]

MACMILLAN READERS Level5
Time 120
7word meet fiance die find dctor back help
Disucussion question
1 Where can you make friends?
In the school and part time job
2 What countries have you ever benn?
I have been to Australia, America and China.

I recommend this book. Because it was so exciting.
I did not sleep during reading book.

[Alaa Azzam]

Really good book , i enjoyed reading it ♥ The plot is good too and the ending surprised me.
My favorite character was Kemal . the book is great for English learners and it's nice for improving your vocabulary and English skills.

[Rimsha Sabtain]

really very nice short story <3

[Yuki]

Macmillan Readers have some audiobooks that we can free download from the website, so I tried listening to it. When I listened to it, couldn't stop. I entered this story deeply, and I was worried about his lover. Because this book have been easy to understand in spite of intermediate level or didn't have many characters, so I was able to follow this story, even though I needed to listen to some chapters several times.

[Sara G]

Read this to check if it was appropriate for ESL students. Would say it's fine for A2-B1 level readers, up to 13/14 years of age. There are a few weird, contrived moments and Tom trusts... very arbitrarily. Would make for solid, even nuanced class discussion, but then again, so would any of the student's papers and those would probably be more creative.

[Mostafa Ibrahim]

nice graded readers english book.

[Vera]

My students loved it!

[Yasmin Salah Eldin]

Short and easy
93 minute
https://imgur.com/fCNyTYq

[Martin Mok]

Interesting

[İpek İnci]

It was a mysterious book. I was really excited while reading.

[Lily]

No me ha venido nada mal para practicar euskera, pero la historia no es nada del otro mundo.

[Fatma]

it's story if you start to read in English language , it has a lot of events and mysteries

[Ramy Sabeq]

Okay, it's a kind of English learning mixed with a storyline

[Daan Oppel]

Goede boek, meer niet.

[abril]

el final medio predecible perooo esta bueno y te mantiene entretenido

[Назим]

Omg how am I need to read this book? I didn’t understand this program, so I’ll give 1 star. But it’s only because of program. Book is not bad, interesting story!!

[Eva Roa]

Entretenido y adictivo, con giros sorprendentes en la trama. Es un libro cortito ideal para iniciarse en la lectura en inglés.

[mili]

no me lo acordaba tan fuerte

[Miguel Ángel]

Bastante predecible 😂

Lo mejor la ambientación en Estambul

[Tom Fisher]

Cool little mystery story that keeps you turning page after page. Simple language level, and easy to read. Perfect 1-day read.