The Runner (China Thrillers, Book 5)(Library Edition) (Poisoned Pen Press Mysteries (Audio))

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Review ''Engaging--A fluid plot, rounded characters, and deft handling of two very different cultures make this a winner.'' --Publishers Weekly''A major appeal of the series is the Chinese setting, and May doesn't disappoint--a master at evoking the city.'' --INK magazine''[E]ntertaining reading, with a fascinating setting and an appealing sleuth.'' --Daily TelegraphA major appeal of the series is the Chinese setting, and May doesn't disappoint--a master at evoking the city. --INK magazine[E]ntertaining reading, with a fascinating setting and an appealing sleuth. --Daily Telegraph Product Description [Audio CD Library Edition in vinyl case][Read by Simon Vance]*Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award A top Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve of an international event, shattering his country's hopes of victory against the Americans. An Olympic weightlifter dies in the arms of his Beijing mistress, a scandal to be hushed up at the highest level. These two deaths could be a tragic coincidence or something more sinister. When Beijing detective Li Yan discovers that these are not the first of China's athletes to die, he brings American pathologist Margaret Campbell out of retirement to find out if natural causes may be concealing very unnatural deaths. The key to the case lies with a champion runner, the only member of the athletics team prepared to talk. But when the runner disappears, time starts to run out for Li Yan to catch the killer. About the Author PETER MAY won the Scottish Young Journalist of the Year Award at age twenty-one and had his first novel published at twenty-six. He went on to become a successful Scottish television dramatist. He spent six months in China, much of it researching his first novel, The Firemaker. He lives in France with his wife Janice Halley. From AudioFile Simon Vance's performance will leave listeners breathless in the fifth episode of Peter May's China series. Vance brings his superior narrating skills to May's police procedural starring the detective team of Li Yan, chief of the Beijing Municipal Police, and Margaret Campbell, a forensic pathologist who is Li Yan's American fiancée. China's top athletes are being murdered. Three members of China's sprint-relay team, a cyclist, a top swimmer, and a world-class weight lifter are dead. A female runner appeals to Margaret, fearing she will be next. Vance is splendid in this engrossing story of Beijing life, internal police politics, Chinese Triads, genetic research, and brutal megalomaniacs who stop at nothing to succeed-not even murder. Vance makes THE RUNNER top-notch listening. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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