{"title":"China Thrillers Ser","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-firemaker-the-china-thrillers-1-book-peter-may-9781681440897","title":"The Firemaker (The China Thrillers, 1)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first of Peter May's electrifying China Thrillers, featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell--and the explosive chemistry between them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStunningly original. --\u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighly recommended. --Larry Gandle, \u003ci\u003e Deadly Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating look at the new China. --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation and before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unlikely partnership develops between Li and Campbell as they follow the resulting lead. A fiery and volatile chemistry ignites, exposing not only their individual demons, but an even greater evil--a conspiracy that threatens their lives, as well as those of millions of others.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49529085133073,"sku":"GOR010172164","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50266431389969,"sku":"CIN168144089XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50275655090449,"sku":"GOR010966088","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50276772610321,"sku":"CIN168144089XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51333119574289,"sku":"CIN168144089XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53603007299857,"sku":"GOR014977030","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/168144089X.jpg?v=1750764491"},{"product_id":"the-fourth-sacrifice-the-china-thrillers-2-book-peter-may-9781681440866","title":"The Fourth Sacrifice (The China Thrillers, 2)","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN ELECTRIFYING MIXTURE OF MYSTERY, ROMANCE, AND HISTORY. --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAY'S WEL-PLOTED FOLOW UP. AMPLIFIES HIS VIVID PICTURE OF A CHAOTIC, VITAL MODERN-DAY CHINA --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLi Yan and Margaret Campbell are reluctantly reunited, this time to track down a killer reenacting a series of gruesome rituals.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Chinese police have once more been forced to enlist the services of American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell, this time to investigate a series of four horrific ritual executions in Beijing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective Li Yan is determined to discover just how one of the victims in particular, an American diplomat, became caught up in the slaying. And he is arguably even more determined to have nothing to do with Campbell, whom he finds simultaneously too foreign and too . . . familiar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe personal polarity that once attracted Yan and Campbell again strengthens their professional partnership. Yet the closer they draw to the truth, the greater the danger posed by a killer prepared to do anything to conceal it.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49660093169937,"sku":"CIN1681440865G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50061482590481,"sku":"GOR010647726","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50418879693073,"sku":"CIN1681440865VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50973884252433,"sku":"GOR011981193","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1681440865.jpg?v=1751184438"},{"product_id":"the-killing-room-the-china-thrillers-3-book-peter-may-9781681440835","title":"The Killing Room (The China Thrillers, 3)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA SKILED STORYTELER WHO KNOWS HOW TO SERVE UP VIVID NARATIVES, ROMANTIC ADVENTURES, COMPELING CHARACTERIZATIONS, RIVETING PLOTS AND INTRIGUING VIEWS OF MODERN DAY CHINA. --\u003ci\u003eBookLoons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BRISK, SOLIDLY PLOTED POLICE PROCEDURAL, WITH LOTS OF GRITY FORENSIC DETAILS. --\u003ci\u003eMystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetective Li Yan and forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell travel to Shanghai, where a new ally--and a new enemy--await.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When a mass grave containing eighteen mutilated female corpses is discovered in Shanghai, detective Li Yan is sent from Beijing to establish if the bodies are linked to an unsolved murder in the capital. Here, Li will be working with Mei Ling, deputy head of Shanghai's serious crime squad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMei Ling is a formidable woman: a fact that is not lost on Li's on-again, off-again lover, forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. But when Campbell, vulnerable and still grieving the death of her father, learns that the victims were subjected to live autopsies, she swallows her pride and joins Li Yan and Mei Ling in the hunt for the murderer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Li, Campbell, and Mei Ling enter the arena of a sickening nemesis they are forced to confront each of their very worst nightmares.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49660095168785,"sku":"CIN1681440830G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50784463814929,"sku":"CIN1681440830VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1681440830.jpg?v=1750928714"},{"product_id":"chinese-whispers-the-china-thrillers-6-book-peter-may-9781681440743","title":"Chinese Whispers (The China Thrillers, 6)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Beijing Ripper makes a personal vendetta against Detective Li Yan in the thrilling final episode of the series . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGRUESOME MURDERS\u003c\/b\u003eHis victims are young, beautiful and coldly mutilated. He calls himself the Beijing Ripper. Li Yan, head of Beijing's serious crime squad, must stop him.\u003cb\u003eFEARSOME LETTERS\u003c\/b\u003eJust as pathologist Margaret Campbell finds an insight into the killer's cruel signature, Li receives a letter from the killer, betraying his cruel intentions.\u003cb\u003eCHINESE WHISPERS\u003c\/b\u003eThere's no way Li can misinterpret the Ripper's motives: he wants to tear Li and Campbell's lives apart, and write the darkest chapter in Beijing's history.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49725405724945,"sku":"CIN1681440741G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49995208032529,"sku":"CIN1681440741VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1681440741.jpg?v=1750864415"},{"product_id":"the-runner-china-thrillers-book-peter-may-9781590586044","title":"The Runner (China Thrillers)","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49744937189649,"sku":"CIN1590586042G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49950756897041,"sku":"CIN1590586042A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1590586042.jpg?v=1751341866"},{"product_id":"the-runner-the-china-thrillers-5-book-peter-may-9781681440774","title":"The Runner (The China Thrillers, 5)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA WINER. --\u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFIENDISHLY CLEVER. --\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE SUFERER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE LISTENER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective 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 fianc e, Margaret Campbell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE RUNER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50480911417617,"sku":"CIN1681440776G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50488105468177,"sku":"CIN1681440776VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1681440776.jpg?v=1751184437"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/china-thrillers-ser-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}