Chinese Whispers

Name: Chinese Whispers
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter May
ISBN: 9781549173905

Author: Peter May

Series: China Thrillers #6

Narrator: Peter Forbes

Unabridged: 12 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus North America

Published: 07/02/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

The Beijing Ripper makes a personal vendetta against Detective Li Yan in the thrilling final episode of the series . . .

GRUESOME MURDERS

His 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.

FEARSOME LETTERS

Just as pathologist Margaret Campbell finds an insight into the killer's cruel signature, Li receives a letter from the killer, betraying his cruel intentions.

CHINESE WHISPERS

There'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.

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

The 6th and final book in the 'Chinese Thriller' series by author Peter May. I enjoyed the series and found it very interesting with the insights into Chinese culture and laws but sadly by the end of the series I thought it had run its course. In this book there is a serial killer is on the loose who......more

Goodreads review by Alison on August 29, 2017

Good book, but not as good as May's Lewis Trilogy, which was absolutely amazing.......more

Goodreads review by Shotgun on April 16, 2020

Pekingský rozparovač měl být již závěrečný díl série čínských thrillerů z pera či spíše klávesnice Petera Maye. Ale v angličtině je již venku další díl jménem The Ghost Marriage. Osobně sice mám na prvním místě trilogii z ostrova Lewis ale čínské thrillery mám také rád. Je pravda, že zejména čtvrtý d......more

Goodreads review by Siobhan on March 10, 2024

Peter May’s Lewis Trilogy is one of my favourite crime series, and it guaranteed I would be reading more of the author’s work. Over the years, I have read almost all the author’s work. While I enjoy some more than others – a lot more, in some cases – they continue to leave me wanting more. Although......more

Goodreads review by Pakobylka on March 23, 2021

Tentokrát se mi to líbilo víc než předchozí dva díly, opět starý dobrý Peking a jeho zvláštnosti, Margaret už s dítětem a Li se spoustou potíží. Ve městě řádí sériový vrah, který napodobuje Jacka Rozparovače, provokuje policii, hlavně se zaměřuje (překvapivě) na Liho. Ok, já ovšem postupně všechny d......more

Quotes

"...Offers some fresh variations on the catch-the-serial-killer within an autocratic society plot...May nicely handles the business of using mental fingerprints to identify the criminal."
—Publishers Weekly

"The interesting locale and May's ongoing study of the difficulties in conducting Chinese-American romances are likely to interest a broader range of readers."
—Kirkus Reviews

"This book is much more than just a run of the mill who-dun-it, think Silence of the Lambs crossed with Quincy, with a bit of the Lonely Planet's guide to Beijing thrown in."
—Daily Record

"Entertaining reading, with a fascinating setting and an appealing sleuth."
—The Daily Telegraph

"A major appeal of the series is the Chinese setting and May doesn't disappoint...a master at evoking the city."
—INK Magazine

"A tightly woven plot."
—Library Journal

"Peter May's latest crime thriller is a terrifying piece of writing...what a magnificent, horrible, tortuous, and lurid story!"
—The Chronicle

"As soon as I'd taken in the first few pages, I wanted to read the five earlier books (beginning with The Firemaker) in this police procedural series set in modern Beijing. There's a surprising resolution and a crescendo of a conclusion, all of which made me want to read more about this unusual couple."
—Bookloons Reviews