The Runner – Peter May

"A WINNER." –PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"FIENDISHLY CLEVER." –THE TIMESIn this heart-stopping installment of Peter May''s award-winning China Thrillers, the Beijing Olympics are the setting for fierce competition, national pride–and murder.THE SUFFERERA 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 LISTENERDetective 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 RUNNERWhen Campbell''s contact herself vanishes, the gun is fired on a race against time. And Li must now outrun–and outwit–an enemy bent on pushing him beyond endurance.