The Woman Who Disappeared

Contents

The People in This Story	1
1 Early Morning	4
2 The Newspaper	10
3 The Lorry is Stopped	13
4 Arriving in Manchester	17
5 A Visit to the Cinema	21
6 The Cabaret Club	25
7 John Learns a Lesson	28
8 River Street	32
9 Information	35
10 John is Arrested	40
11 Peter Finds Bob Steel	43
12 More Information	47
13 In the Café	50
14 The Chase	54
15 The Police Station	59
16 The Truth is Told	63
17 Another Hitch-hiker	67

The People in This Story

N ame: Peter Jones
Age: 22
Address: 103 Mill Road, Bridgwater.
Description: tall, thin, dark hair, brown eyes.
Life: Peter Jones was fifteen when his father died. Peter's mother was very poor and needed money, so Peter got a job. Peter gave all the money he earned to his mother to help pay for the house where they lived. Their house was very small and old but it was cheap. When he was seventeen, Peter changed his job and started to work for a company called Universal Transport Limited. This company had a lot of lorries. As soon as he was old enough, Peter learnt to drive. When he was twenty-one, he passed a driving test which allowed him to drive big lorries on his own. Now he drives lorries with goods in them from Bridgwater to Bristol, London, Birmingham and Manchester.
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N ame: John Stevens
Age: 16
Address: 24 Devonshire Road, Bristol.
Description: medium height, thin, brown hair, brown eyes.
Life: John Stevens' mother and father are dead. He lives with his uncle. His uncle, Robert Stevens, is a school teacher. John is still at school but he doesn't enjoy it and he wants to leave.
N ame: Jeff Beck
Age: 24
Address: Cabaret Club, 12 Victoria Street, Manchester.
Description: medium height, quite fat, long dark hair, blue eyes.
Life: Jeff Beck left school at fifteen. He was soon in trouble with the police. When he was eighteen, he was sent to prison for three months for stealing cars. After he left prison, he continued stealing and was caught again. He is now twenty-four and has been in prison three times. He is the owner of a night club .
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