The Runner, Peter May
The Runner, Peter May
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The Runner

Author: Peter May

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2010

Synopsis

A top Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve of an international event, shattering his countrys 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. Are these two deaths a tragic coincidence or something more sinister?Beijing detective Li Yan is troubled to discover that they are not the first of Chinas athletes to die. He is so troubled that he brings American pathologist Margaret Campbell out of retirement to perform the autopsies. Could it be that natural causes conceal the most unnatural deaths and threaten the future of international athletics? Battling to save his career and preparing for marriage, Li Yan knows that the key to the case lies with a champion runnerthe only member of the athletics team prepared to talk. But when the runner disappears, time starts running out in the race to catch the killer.

About Peter May

Peter May has been covering and writing about sports for more than three decades, for the last several years as a Boston-based correspondent for the New York Times. At the Boston Globe, he specialized in covering the Boston Celtics and the NBA, earning numerous writing awards. He also covered three Super Bowls, two World Series, the 2004 Olympics, and a number of international basketball tournaments. He is a senior lecturer in journalism at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. May is the author of four books: The Big Three: Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish: The Best Frontcourt in the History of Basketball; The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Boston Celtics, the NBA's Greatest Team of All-Time; Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family with Kim Mulkey; and Top of The World: The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics' 2007-08 Championship Season.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on September 18, 2016

This is the 5th book in the 'China Thriller' series by author Peter May. I have read and enjoyed the previous four books and this one was no different. At risk of repeating myself this series is less about exciting page turning plots but more about the relationship between Chinese detective Li Yan a......more

Goodreads review by Siobhan on November 19, 2021

The Runner is the fifth book in Peter May’s China thrillers, and this one had me conflicted. Although the story had me hooked and ensured I devoured it in no time, I do feel like this book was a little too easy. I’ll be completely honest and say that I rounded my three-point-five-star rating up. If I......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 30, 2021

I like Peter May's thrillers. He brings some glimpses into Chinese culture, and it is a welcomed change against the American novels. What I didn't like is the sheer work of luck in the ending. Everything falls so perfectly at the end that it looks more like Harry Potter to me. So, that's the reason......more

Goodreads review by Shotgun on August 10, 2019

Běžkyně je již pátý díl série detektivek odehrávajích se převážně v Číně. Předchozí díl Hadohlavec byl trošku slabší a dost věcí jsem předvídal a celá zápletka mi přišla hodně přitažená za vlasy. Také jsem se trochu bál, že by série mohla sklouznout do červené knihovny jako poslední díl dost podobné......more

Goodreads review by Emi on May 17, 2021

Very predictable. This is the 5th book of Peter May's Chinese serie and it is getting rather out of breath. As much as I still like his writting style, I am not so keen on the very simplified plot and the rather annoying 'don't know what to do with my life' protoganists. Found it cheesy and not subt......more

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