A burned corpse is a disturbing mystery for Beijing Detective Li Yan, until he enlists forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Having abandoned a broken life in Chicago for her work, she's as determined as Li to ask difficult questions about the man's death. But some questions have answers that they'd rather not hear; facts that others are desperate to conceal. The Firemaker is the first in the acclaimed China Thriller series from Peter May, author of The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen.