Order of Beijing Books
Also known as the China Thrillers, the Beijing series is a series of crime fiction novels by Scottish novelist Peter May. The series teams up an American pathologist, Margaret Campbell, who is down on her luck and a Chinese detective, Li Yan. In order to research these novels, Peter May made several trips to China and met with forensic pathologists and homicide detectives. In honour of his work on this series, May was made an honourary member of the Beijing Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association.
Peter May began his China Thrillers series in 1999 with the novel The Firemaker. The series ran for six novels, concluding in 2004 with the novel Chinese Whispers. Below is a list of Peter May’s China Thriller novels in order of when the books were first released (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of The China Thrillers Books
The Firemaker | (1999) | |
The Fourth Sacrifice | (2000) | |
The Killing Room | (2000) | |
Snakehead | (2002) | |
The Runner | (2003) | |
Chinese Whispers | (2004) | |
The Ghost Marriage | (2010) |