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The Firemaker

The Firemaker

The Firemaker
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The Firemaker Hardback - 2005

by May, Peter

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New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2005. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First U.S. Edition" stated plus full number line. 353 pages. Signed by the author in 2005. A clean, attractive copy. "This is the first installment of a series that has been very popular in Britain (six novels have been published), and it's easy to see why. Margaret Campbell is a well--crafted heroine, plain speaking and sharp witted, and her partner, Li Yan, possesses all the cultural graces and knowledge of Chinese society Margaret so sorely lacks." - BL

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  • Title The Firemaker
  • Author May, Peter
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First American Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 353
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thomas Dunne Books, New York
  • Publication date 2005
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 012173
  • ISBN 9780312342944 / 0312342942
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.44 x 5.86 x 1.19 in (21.44 x 14.88 x 3.02 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Serial murders
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005046508
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1
  • Bookseller catalogues New Arrivals

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From the publisher

Margaret Campbell, a Chicago forensic pathologist, has been invited by the Chinese government to teach at the Beijing police university. She has accepted the six-week assignment with misgivings but is desperate to escape a troubled life in America. Arriving in Beijing, she checks nothing to declare on the health declaration they gave her on the plane---nothing, that is, except a broken heart and a wasted life, neither of which was contagious. She gets off to a bad start when her car knocks senior detective Li Yan off his bicycle. In a furious clash, he dresses her down in perfect English. But Li soon finds himself reintroduced to Margaret by his superiors when the newly promoted detective's first case requires Margaret's special expertise to identify a horribly burned corpse. Thrown together to track down the killer, Margaret and Li must bury their personal and cultural differences when they uncover a conspiracy that threatens not only their lives, but the lives of millions.

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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