Written specially by Philip Prowse for students of English, this English Language Teaching (ELT/ESL) eBook is an intermediate-level Macmillan Reader thriller. Peter, a long distance lorry driver, gives a lift to a 16-year-old hitch-hiker outside Bristol. As they talk, Peter discovers that John has run away from home after a violent row with his uncle. The police are searching for John. His uncle has been found dead and the police want to question the boy.