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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Paul French
Penguin
April 2013
On Sale: April 30, 2013
ISBN: 014312336X EAN: 9780143123361 Kindle: B0072NWJRK Hardcover / e-Book
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A riveting true-crime tale that presents the thrilling
account of a murder in 1937 China that caused an
international media sensation Chronicling an incredible
unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath
of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January
1937. The mutilated body of Pamela Werner was found at the
base of the Fox Tower, which, according to local
superstition, is home to the maliciously seductive fox
spirits. As British detective Dennis and Chinese detective
Han investigate, the mystery only deepens and, in a city on
the verge of invasion, rumor and superstition run rampant.
Based on seven years of research by historian and China
expert Paul French, this true-crime thriller presents
readers with a rare and unique portrait of the last days of
colonial Peking.
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