Chinese Whispers
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 393
- ISBN-13
- 9781590586082
- Type
- novel
About this book
Chinese Whispers closed out the six original novels in 2004, running 393 pages, seemingly ending the series until Peter May brought Li and Margaret back over a decade later in the novella The Ghost Marriage.
Key facts about Chinese Whispers
Peter May wrote Chinese Whispers, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 January 2004. The book has 393 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781590586082 to find the main one.
Chinese Whispers is book 6 of 7 in the China Thrillers series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with The Firemaker (1999). The Ghost Marriage is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 19 May 2016.
Additionally, Peter May writes Enzo Files and Lewis Trilogy as separate series. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The Black Loch is the latest published Peter May book on file, from 5 September 2024.
About Peter May
Peter May was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1951 and began his career as a journalist before moving into television, where he created and script-edited long-running Scottish drama series and became one of the youngest producers working in British TV. See every Peter May book in order.
Its place in China Thrillers
Chinese Whispers is book 6 in the China Thrillers series. It follows The Runner. It is followed by The Ghost Marriage. See the full China Thrillers reading order.
Before Peter May found fame with the Lewis Trilogy, he wrote six novels (plus a later novella) set inside Beijing's police bureaucracy, pairing Li Yan, a senior detective in the Ministry of Public Security, with Margaret Campbell, an American forensic pathologist who arrives to lecture on Western crime-scene techniques and ends up investigating alongside him. May researched the series with a rare degree of access to China during a period when the country was still largely closed to Western writers, and the books…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781590586082