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The Firemaker
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 23 July 2015
- Run Time
- 13 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'A TERRIFIC WRITER' MARK BILLINGHAM
'A WRITER I'D FOLLOW TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH' NEW YORK TIMES
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE ENZO THRILLERS
The first of Peter May's China critically acclaimed thrillers featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American pathologist Margaret Campbell.
LI YAN
A grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the case.
MARGARET CAMPBELL
The unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation, and before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly.
THE FIREMAKER
An unlikely partnership develops between Li and Campbell as they follow the resulting lead. A fiery and volatile chemistry ignites: exposing not only their individual demons, but an even greater evil - a conspiracy that threatens their lives, as well as those of millions of others.
LOVED THE FIREMAKER? Read the second book in the series, THE FOURTH SACRIFICE
LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his new thriller, A SILENT DEATH.
(P)2015 WF Howes Ltd
Critics Review
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Praise for Peter May:
He is a terrific writer doing something different.Mark Billingham
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From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer.
Sophie Hannah
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Wonderfully compelling.
Kate Mosse
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A true pleasure to read.
Guardian
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Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth.
New York Times
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One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.
Independent, on the Lewis trilogy
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Lyrical, empathetic and moving.
Alex Gray
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A wonderfully complex book.
Peter James, on Entry Island
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May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships.
Sunday Times
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Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization.
Independent
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Dark, exciting and atmospheric.
Scotland on Sunday
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Powerful and authentic.
Glasgow Sunday Herald
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Details
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Duration
- 13 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 July 2015
- ISBN
- 9781784297657
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Synopsis
PETER MAY: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD'A TERRIFIC WRITER' MARK BILLINGHAM'A WRITER I'D FOLLOW TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH' NEW YORK TIMESFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE ENZO THRILLERSThe first of Peter May's China critically acclaimed thrillers featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American pathologist Margaret Campbell.LI YANA grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the case.MARGARET CAMPBELLThe unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation, and before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly.THE FIREMAKERAn unlikely partnership develops between Li and Campbell as they follow the resulting lead. A fiery and volatile chemistry ignites: exposing not only their individual demons, but an even greater evil - a conspiracy that threatens their lives, as well as those of millions of others.LOVED THE FIREMAKER? Read the second book in the series, THE FOURTH SACRIFICELOVE PETER MAY? Buy his new thriller, A SILENT DEATH.(P)2015 WF Howes Ltd
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