The Runner

The China Thrillers, Book 5

By: Peter May

Narrated by: Peter Forbes

The penultimate novel in the China series, from the Richard and Judy million-selling author of The Blackhouse. 

The Sufferer 

A prodigious Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. Days later, a champion weightlifter suffers a fatal heart attack prior to competition. 

The Listener 

Detective Li Yan senses a conspiracy surrounding the fatalities and finds a female athlete willing to talk. But she will trust only one person: Li's fiancée, Margaret Campbell. 

The Runner 

When Campbell's contact herself vanishes, the gun is fired on a race against time. And Li must now outrun, and outwit, an enemy bent on pushing him beyond endurance. 

©2012 Peter May (P)2017 Quercus Editions Limited

Kathy Reichs , but different

Love the whole series. Does not compare to his other books. Thrilling and exotic , many twists in the totally capitivating international crimes. Not for the faint of heart but with a touch of romance

Brilliant eye-opener

Wonderfully-written and researched. As if Mr May had used a fine-toothed comb, like his protagonists. And one never tires of listening to Mr Forbes, every accent, every nuance.

Thank you both,
Yankee gal of a certain age