Brilliant...

Could not stop listening to this book, brilliant story from start to finish. I have now listened to all the china sagas, thoroughly enjoyed everyone. Love listening to Peter Forbes, he bring all the characters to life.

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Spoilt only by gratuitous sex scenes

Peter May and Peter Forbes are yet again a fantastic pairing. May's clever narratives and interestingly flawed characters are brought to life by Forbes' briiliant reading.

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good listen

another good book from Peter May well written and well read.

hope there are more to read (listen to)

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Ok to read but Expected more Action

I did enjoy this book, but I have to admit, this story was a bit dry. I did expect more action and suspense.
The ending was Ok, a surprising one.
I feel that The China Thrillers have come to an end with this book. I hope I'm wrong, but it needs more oomph and for Margret to not be soo annoying at times; I know it's her character, but I feel it holds the story back a little bit.

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Another good book in the series.

The storyline was a little too easy to work out this time, but generally the book was entertaining and worth a listen.

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Another excellent listen

Peter May is such a talented writer who keeps the intrigue and fast going throughout the story.
Peter Forbes narrates in a manner that enhances the story never grating or "intrusive".

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Okay!

It was ok but it took me 3 days to get through the first 4 hours! I hadn’t listened to nor read any of the other books in the series and I was extremely confused. Normally, if you pick up a book within a series, without telling you everything that happened in the previous books, you do at least get the gist so don’t feel lost.

And while I enjoy Peter May and this was, as I said was ok, I didn’t think it was worth the slog of the first few hours. It was a bit formulaic and cliched and extremely obvious.

Peter Forbes excellent as ever.

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very good couldn't put it down,and

download the next one and about to listen to it the reader is excellent thanks

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Good story, excellent background, great narration

Peter May seems to be one of the few modern authors (a bit like Graham Greene) who can tell a story without the characters' personalities and foibles acting simply as padding. The tribulations of a couple of very mixed cultures and backgrounds is informative as well as contributing to the story. I have spent time in China (Beijing) so enjoyed visualing familiar places. Well researched. Although I have read most of the China series, I think that they still stand alone whereas other writers of thriller series tend to rely pretty much on people having read the earlier books. Either that or spending a few chapters to help new readers "catch up". In this respect, Peter May manages for each book to have a complete and independent storyline. Probably not quite in the Graham Greene league but a treat nevertheless and Peter Forbes does an excellent job with the narration.

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Excellent

I really enjoy the Peter May/Peter Forbes combination and this book certainly lived up to my expectations. Some of the descriptions of the autopsy / cadavers made my toes curl but overall a thoroughly good listen. Having been to Beijing there was an added interest for me as I could ‘see’ some of the scenes in my head.
Well done.

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