Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China

by PaulFrench (Author)

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  2013

  $12.31

  Midnight in Peking is a gripping true murder mystery by Paul French. The international bestseller - as heard on BBC radio 4. A first-rate murder story, a thrilling narrative. Hurtles along from one cliffhanger to the next . ( Spectator ). Peking, 1937: The teenage daughter of a British consul is brutally slaughtered. The police investigation is botched; as war looms British and Chinese authorities close ranks. A grieving father vows to uncover the truth - alone. Seventy-five years later, historian Paul French uncovers a stash of forgotten documents revealing the killer's identity...For those who loved The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil this is a riveting and evocative true crime classic. Gripping, spellbinding ...drawing the reader from the very first pages into an unwholesome, macabre world . ( Guardian ). Part historical docudrama, part tragic opera ...it is French's enormous achievement that he pieces together the puzzle. He tells this tale with the skill of an Agatha Christie . ( Financial Times ). Fascinating and irresistible. I couldn't put it down . (John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ). Vivid, pulsating, riveting. It is the storytelling flair that marks Midnight in Peking so highly: with its false leads and twists ...it sucks the reader in like the best fiction . ( Scotsman ). Born in London, Paul French has lived in China for more than 10 years. He is a widely published analyst and commentator on China; his books include a history of North Korea, a biography of Shanghai adman and adventurer Carl Crow, and a history of foreign correspondents in China.