Read Series: The China Thrillers
by Author Peter May
The Firemaker (2005)
Margaret Campbell, a Chicago forensic pathologist, has been invited by the Chinese government to teach at the Beijing police university. She has accepted the six-week assignment with misgivings but is desperate to escape a troubled life in America. Arriving in Beijing, she checks “nothing to decl...
The Killing Room (2008)
I really enjoy Peter May's China-based mysteries. They're a great mixture of basic procedural tactics, the strong personalities of the investigators, a little romance, Chinese investigative techniques, and forensic science. The writing is very simple and straightforward, which is actually welcome...
The Fourth Sacrifice (2007)
Margaret Campbell had finally decided to leave Beijing—and the man she loved—and return home to the States. She had first come to Beijing to conduct a seminar on her specialty, forensic pathology, for the city's police. The invitation turned out to ask for more than she expected; she was thrust i...