The Firemaker, Peter May
The Firemaker, Peter May
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The Firemaker

Author: Peter May

Narrator: Peter Forbes

Unabridged: 13 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018


Synopsis

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.

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.

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.

About Peter May

Peter May has been covering and writing about sports for more than three decades, for the last several years as a Boston-based correspondent for the New York Times. At the Boston Globe, he specialized in covering the Boston Celtics and the NBA, earning numerous writing awards. He also covered three Super Bowls, two World Series, the 2004 Olympics, and a number of international basketball tournaments. He is a senior lecturer in journalism at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. May is the author of four books: The Big Three: Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish: The Best Frontcourt in the History of Basketball; The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Boston Celtics, the NBA's Greatest Team of All-Time; Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family with Kim Mulkey; and Top of The World: The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics' 2007-08 Championship Season.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline on January 12, 2019

By the time Peter May wrote this first novel of his first series he had published 4 other standalone novels in the prior two decades. I haven’t read his earliest work yet, but it would be interesting to discover more about the launch of his writing journey. This novel was a good initial outing for th......more

Goodreads review by Sue on January 17, 2019

I am discovering that Peter May writes interesting novels, often mysteries, in many settings, many cultures, and appears to do so well. In the new introduction to Firemaker, May discussed his time in China, his research and relationships with members of the Chinese Police who assisted his understand......more

Goodreads review by Gary on March 03, 2016

I have read many of Peter May's latest books and in fact his most recent 'Coffin Road' was the best novel I have read so far this year. So when offered the opportunity to read one of his earlier books it was a perfect chance to sample the his series based in China. I enjoy Peter May's writing style,......more

Goodreads review by Julian on July 10, 2013

Perhaps I came to this with unreasonable expectations: I loved May's Lewis trilogy. Here, he goes even further out of the way: to China. Good idea. But straight black hair and a Chinese name does not a Chinese make. After a good 40-50 pages at the beginning of the novel, in which the cultural differen......more

Goodreads review by juice on January 16, 2015

I got eight percent of the way into this book. TBH, I thought I did pretty well to get that far. If you want soap opera melodrama obviousness in a book, you will love this. If you've read May's Lewis Men trilogy, don't sully the memory by going anywhere near this egregious garbage.......more


Quotes

Praise for The Firemaker:

"The Firemaker is a remarkably detailed picture of daily life in Beijing with all of its Big Brother rules and rewarded propensity to report all activities which may fall out of the ordinary. If a look into Chinese culture is your quest, look no further. if you like a good romance, it's right here. And if you can't resist a whodunit, yes, the murders do get solved. It's messy, it's unexpected, and it's all a part of an extremely well-written book."
Danny Lindsey, Killer Nashville

Praise for Peter May
"Peter May is an author I'd follow to the ends of the earth."—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times

"He is a terrific writer doing something different."—Mark Billingham, bestselling author of the Tom Thorne series

"From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer."—Sophie Hannah, bestselling writer of The Monogram Murders