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The Firemaker is the first in the Li Yan/Margaret Campbell series by Peter May. I've read and enjoyed some of May's other books, but have not read anything in this series. Firemaker is a pre-order, but only until tomorrow, and it's $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US right now, which is an okay price, IMO, for a very backlist (1999) title.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Firemaker-Chi...dp/B076ZKPCJK/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-firemaker-5

Spoiler:

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.