Fourth Sacrifice: A China Thriller (China Thrillers)
May's well-plotted follow-up to his first mystery featuring Beijing  Deputy Section Chief Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell  (after 2005'sThe Firemaker) amplifies his  vivid picture of a chaotic, vital modern-day China emerging from the havoc  wrought by the cultural revolution and the Red Guards. A request from the  American ambassador puts Margaret's imminent departure from China on hold when  a series of execution-style decapitations claims a fourth victim, a  Chinese-American employed by the U.S. embassy in Beijing. She and Li join  forces on the difficult investigation, which is shadowed by the romantic  tension of their relationship even as handsome TV archeologist Michael  Zimmerman avidly courts Margaret. May evokes the intense mutual attraction  between Li and Margaret against a fascinating backdrop of the cultural divide  between China and America.(Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.