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The Killing Room

The China Thrillers, Book 3

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Eighteen mutilated women in a Shanghai mass grave. But this is only the beginning of a horrific case for Investigator Li Yan and Mei Ling, head of Shanghai's serious crime squad. Ling is a formidable woman, and she appears to threaten Li Yan's relationship with pathologist Margaret Campbell. But when Campbell discovers that the victims were subjected to live autopsies, she knows she'll need all the help she can get.

The Killing Room is the third in the acclaimed China series from Peter May, author of Runaway, Entry Island and the internationally best-selling Lewis Trilogy.

©2001 Peter May (P)2015 WF Howes Espionage International Mystery & Crime Mystery Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense China Thriller Fiction Exciting Scary

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He is a terrific writer doing something different (Mark Billingham)
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer (Sophie Hannah)
Wonderfully compelling (Kate Mosse)
A true pleasure to read (Guardian)
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One more good instalment in the China thrillers now we are in a different city with a different woman; plus Margaret, making this investigation that is a political hot potato even hotter, Li Yan has many problems to resolve in his personal life and his political acumen has to be sharper than ever. The discovery of eighteen bodies and the mysteries they hold make for interesting dilemmas about societies and cultures, money and political power, in a country where the party and the oligarchs are closely related.
Entertaining and thoughtful, gruesome and unflinching stories of culture clashes of our time.

Biology is information, information is a commodity

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Absolutely excellent. Beautifully written and painstakingly researched. Even though there is a lot of detail and technical material, the story flows so well. You always learn a great deal from Peter May's novels. Peter Forbes is the best narrator and I wish he could narrate every book in the audible shop. This is the 3rd in the China thriller series, such a pity that for some inexplicable reason the 4th book is not available in the uk audible store.

Another Superb Book from Peter May

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What a great storyline. The twists and turns in the plot kept me glued to my kindle.I am going to look for book 4 now.

Brilliant

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from start to finish great listening and a insight into another culture. i shall certainly read the next book in the series

brilliant from start to finish

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A complex plot and I couldn't have guessed the ending . Sadly I lost patience with our policeman hero. A man who has a sharp mind and is a master at dissecting clues and discovering the truth of a case and he can't see how he is complicating and destroying his relationship? Didn't wash really for me. But the other elements of the story were enjoyable.

Good but not his best

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