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On a frigid morning in January 1937, the mutilated body of a British schoolgirl is discovered at the base of the Fox Tower. Who could commit such a crime? Peking in 1937 is a heady mix of privilege and scandal, opulence and opium dens, rumor and superstition. The Japanese are encircling the city, and the discovery of Pamela Werner's body sends a shiver through an already nervous Peking. Is it the work of a madman? One of the ruthless Japanese soldiers now surrounding the city? Or perhaps the dreaded fox spirits? Was it a case of mistaken identity? Two detectives, British detective Dennis and Chinese detective Han, team up to solve the case, battling time and the meddling of their respective bureaucracies. Historian Paul French spent seven years researching this dramatic true story in Archives in both China and the United Kingdom. Front-page news around the world when the story was first reported, Midnight in Peking at last uncovers the truth behind this notorious murder, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking. - Jacket flap.
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Murder, Case studies, History, Murder, china, Beijing (china), historyPlaces
Beijing, China, Beijing (China)Times
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Midnight in Peking: how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China
2012, Penguin Books
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0143121006 9780143121008
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