The Runner
Synopsis
"A WINNER." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"FIENDISHLY CLEVER." --THE TIMESIn this heart-stopping installment of Peter May's award-winning China Thrillers, the Beijing Olympics are the setting for fierce competition, national pride--and murder.THE SUFFERERA 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 LISTENERDetective Li Yan senses a conspiracy surrounding the fatalities, and finds a female athlete willing to talk. But she will only trust one person: Li's fiancée, Margaret Campbell.THE RUNNERWhen 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.
- प्रतिलिपि अधिकार:
- 2003 Sinclair McKay
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781681440767
- Publisher:
- Quercus
- Date of Addition:
- 2019-05-09T13:39:23Z
- भाषा:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.