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Snakehead
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 16 November 2017
- Run Time
- 11 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'FAST, EXCITING' IRISH TIMES
'AN EXCELLENT SERIES' KIRKUS
PETER MAY: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD
Human trafficking and inhuman terrorism - the fourth instalment in Peter May's critically acclaimed series.
SUFFOCATED
A vehicle crammed with dozens of dead Chinese immigrants is found in southern Texas. Pathologist Margaret Campbell must put aside her horror, and find out why.
SUMMONED
Detective Li Yan - an even more unwelcome memory for Campbell - has arrived stateside to investigate a link in the case to a lucrative trade in illegal labourers.
SNAKEHEAD
Li and Campbell will soon find that the crime scene hides another secret: a biological time bomb linking traffickers, politicians and migrants in Beijing, Washington and Texas - posing multiple countries one, very singular, threat.
LOVED SNAKEHEAD? Read the fifth book in the series, THE RUNNER
LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his new thriller, A SILENT DEATH
(P)2017 Quercus Editions Limited
Critics Review
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A wonderfully complex book
Peter James, on Entry Island
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He is a terrific writer doing something different
Mark Billingham
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From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer
Sophie Hannah
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Wonderfully compelling
Kate Mosse
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A true pleasure to read
Guardian
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Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth
New York Times
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One of the best regarded crime series of recent years
Independent
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Lyrical, empathetic and moving
Alex Gray
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May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships
Sunday Times
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Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization
Independent
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Dark, exciting and atmospheric
Scotland on Sunday
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Powerful and authentic
Glasgow Sunday Herald
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A gripping page-turner that combines edge-of-the-seat suspense with a fascinating picture of modern China
Irish Independent
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The plot is chilling and ingenious
Scotland on Sunday
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Peter May opens a window on a vision of the modern Chinese political climate ... a tremendous collision of cultures
The Herald
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Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought
Irish Times
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The plot twists and turns like the tail of a Chinese dragon. A cracking good read ... Highly recommended
Scots Magazine
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The characters here are vivid and contrasting, and they grow and develop in a way usually only found in literary novels, and the plotting and evocation of atmosphere as professional as they come. An excellent series
Kirkus Reviews
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A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending
Tangled Web
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Details
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Duration
- 11 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 November 2017
- ISBN
- 9781787471245
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE ENZO THRILLERS'FAST, EXCITING' IRISH TIMES'AN EXCELLENT SERIES' KIRKUSPETER MAY: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLDHuman trafficking and inhuman terrorism - the fourth instalment in Peter May's critically acclaimed series.SUFFOCATEDA vehicle crammed with dozens of dead Chinese immigrants is found in southern Texas. Pathologist Margaret Campbell must put aside her horror, and find out why. SUMMONEDDetective Li Yan - an even more unwelcome memory for Campbell - has arrived stateside to investigate a link in the case to a lucrative trade in illegal labourers. SNAKEHEADLi and Campbell will soon find that the crime scene hides another secret: a biological time bomb linking traffickers, politicians and migrants in Beijing, Washington and Texas - posing multiple countries one, very singular, threat.LOVED SNAKEHEAD? Read the fifth book in the series, THE RUNNERLOVE PETER MAY? Buy his new thriller, A SILENT DEATH(P)2017 Quercus Editions Limited
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