Synopsis
In Beijing to lecture on forensic pathology, Margaret Campbell, a forensic pathologist from Chicago, is forced into an uneasy alliance with Li Yan, a Chinese police detective who wants nothing to do with an American scientist, as they join the hunt for a serial killer who burns his victims' bodies.
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About the Author
Peter May has been a journalist and is the author of three major television series in Britain, one of them in Gaelic. With an extraordinary network of contacts, he has gained unprecedented access to the homicide and forensic science sections of the Beijing and Shanghai police forces. The Chinese Crime Writers’ Association named May an honorary member of their Beijing chapter, making him the only Westerner to receive this tribute. The Firemaker is the first in his China Thriller series featuring Margaret Campbell and Li Yan. May lives in France.
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