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Snakehead
Peter May
Hodder & Stoughton £18.99
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Reviewed by John Orum |
Pathologist Margaret Campbell, returned from
China, thinks she has put the past behind her. Notably her love
affair with the Chines detective, Li Yan. Nothing is that
simple. almost a hundred Chinese illegal immigrants are found
dead in a container lorry. Re-enter Li Yan, now on secondment to
the embassy in Washington. Although the immigrants died from
asphyxiation, at the post mortem it is discovered that they are
carriers of a lethal form of the flu virus for which there is no
cure. The search then begins for the apprehension of other
illegal immigrants, the head of the smuggling ring, and the
creator of the virus. When one of the medics dies after a cut
during an autopsy, things take a tragic turn. Li Yan and
Margaret Campbell have to join forces again aided and abetted by
a bigoted agent who hates the Chinese. The plot twists and
turns like the tail of a Chinese dragon. A cracking good read,
written by an author who has a wonderful understanding of the
Chinese, and is an honorary member of the Chinese crime fiction
association. Highly recommended.
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