The Runner - Peter May Taschenbuch

THE PENULTIMATE NOVEL IN THE CHINA SERIES FROM THE RICHARD AND JUDY MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OFTHE BLACKHOUSE. THE SUFFERER A prodigious Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. Days later a champion weightlifter suffers a fatal heart attack prior to competition. THE LISTENER Detective Li Yan senses a conspiracy surrounding the fatalities and finds a female athlete willing to talk. But she will only trust one person: Li's fiancée Margaret Campbell. THE RUNNER When Campbell's contact herself vanishes the gun is fired on a race against time. And Li must now outrun an d outwit an enemy bent on pushing him beyond endurance.