Snakehead: The incredible heart-stopping mystery thriller case (The China Thrillers Book 4) - Softcover

May, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782062327 ISBN 13: 9781782062325

Verlag: Quercus, 2017

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THE FOURTH CHINA THRILLER, FROM THE MILLION-SELLING PETER MAY - AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER THE BLACKHOUSE.SUFFOCATEDA vehicle crammed with dozens of dead Chinese immigrants is found in southern Texas. Pathologist Margaret Campbell must put aside her horror, and find out why. SUMMONEDDetective Li Yan - an even more unwelcome memory for Campbell - has arrived stateside to investigate a link in the case to a lucrative trade in illegal labourers., SNAKEHEADLi and Campbell will soon find that the crime scene hides another secret: a biological time bomb linking traffickers, politicians and migrants in Beijing, Washington and Texas - posing multiple countries one, very singular, threat.

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A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending * Tangled Web * The characters here are vivid and contrasting, and they grow and develop in a way usually only found in literary novels, and the plotting and evocation of atmosphere as professional as they come. An excellent series * Kirkus Reviews * The plot twists and turns like the tail of a Chinese dragon. A cracking good read ... Highly recommended * Scots Magazine * Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought * Irish Times * Peter May opens a window on a vision of the modern Chinese political climate ... a tremendous collision of cultures * The Herald * The plot is chilling and ingenious * Scotland on Sunday * A gripping page-turner that combines edge-of-the-seat suspense with a fascinating picture of modern China * Irish Independent * Powerful and authentic * Glasgow Sunday Herald * Dark, exciting and atmospheric * Scotland on Sunday * Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization -- Barry Forshaw * Independent * May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times * Lyrical, empathetic and moving -- Alex Gray One of the best regarded crime series of recent years -- Boyd Tonkin on the Lewis Trilogy * Independent * Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth * New York Times * A true pleasure to read * Guardian * Wonderfully compelling * Kate Mosse * From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer * Sophie Hannah * He is a terrific writer doing something different * Mark Billingham * A wonderfully complex book * Peter James, on Entry Island *

Biografía del autor:

Peter May was born and raised in Scotland. He was an award-winning journalist at the age of twenty-one and a published novelist at twenty-six. When his first book was adapted as a major drama series for the BCC, he quit journalism and during the high-octane fifteen years that followed, became one of Scotland's most successful television dramatists. He created three prime-time drama series, presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland as script editor and producer, and worked on more than 1,000 episodes of ratings-topping drama before deciding to leave television to return to his first love, writing novels.

He has won several literature awards in France, received the USA's Barry Award for The Blackhouse, the first in his internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy; and in 2014 was awarded the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year award for Entry Island. Peter now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.

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• Verlag: Quercus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1782062327
• ISBN 13: 9781782062325
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1