Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
By Paul French.
Description
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 ru...
ISBN(s)
014312336X, 9780143123361
