The Firemaker
- Published
- 1 January 1999
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780312342944
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Firemaker opens Peter May's China Thrillers in 1999, introducing Beijing homicide detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell, whose professional rivalry over Western crime-scene techniques becomes a reluctant partnership. At 432 pages, it establishes the Beijing police-bureaucracy setting May researched with rare access to China.
Key facts about The Firemaker
The Firemaker is a novel by Peter May. Readers have had it since 1 January 1999. It runs to 432 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Firemaker. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312342944 to find the main one.
The Firemaker is book 1 of 7 in the China Thrillers series. The series has 7 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Ghost Marriage is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 19 May 2016.
Additionally, Peter May writes Enzo Files and Lewis Trilogy as separate series. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The Black Loch is the latest published Peter May book on file, from 5 September 2024.
About Peter May
Peter May was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1951 and began his career as a journalist before moving into television, where he created and script-edited long-running Scottish drama series and became one of the youngest producers working in British TV. See every Peter May book in order.
Its place in China Thrillers
The Firemaker is book 1 in the China Thrillers series. It is followed by The Fourth Sacrifice. See the full China Thrillers reading order.
Before Peter May found fame with the Lewis Trilogy, he wrote six novels (plus a later novella) set inside Beijing's police bureaucracy, pairing Li Yan, a senior detective in the Ministry of Public Security, with Margaret Campbell, an American forensic pathologist who arrives to lecture on Western crime-scene techniques and ends up investigating alongside him. May researched the series with a rare degree of access to China during a period when the country was still largely closed to Western writers, and the books…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312342944