Lenny Samuel is a private detective from Los Angeles. In this story, Lenny must work for a wealthy businessman. Lenny has to pay the ransom for the business man's kidnapped daughter. But things go wrong! Follow the exploits of Lenny Samuel through the Macmillan Readers series.

La collection Macmillan adventures (lectures Macmillan) est une série de quatre récits d'aventure totalement adaptés au niveau de vos élèves et accompagnés de ressources gratuites pour travailler la compréhension. À propos de L. A. Winners : Lenny Samuel est engagé pour trouver un ancien cheval de course. Quoi de plus simple ? Tout ce qu'il a à faire est de traîner dans les hippodromes de Californie, poser quelques questions et faire un rapport à sa cliente qui ne le laisse pas indifférent.

The simple, ironic detective story will take your attention in West Los-Angeles in the office of the private eye Lenny Samuel. Once in the door of his office had knocked beautiful blonde woman Helen Garfield, his life became much dangerously. Woman wanted to find her sister Elaine Garfield. They were twins. Elaine disappeared a week ago, sisters had arranged to have dinner together, but Elaine didn’t come. She didn’t answer the telephone. She didn’t come at work, she lift it suddenly in the middle of the day without telling anyone the day before. And of course Helen didn’t find sister in her flat, there was no one there when she came. Such strange behavior wasn’t usual for Elaine, so maybe poor girl was in danger. [This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.]

Lenny Samuel, the Los Angeles private detective, is hired to investigate threats made to a famous film actress.