"Midnight in Peking" by Paul French- Advance Reading Copy: "How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China"....... Limited edition uncorrected proof from 2012.

softcover in fine condition.  

Publisher Description

Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger Peking in 1937 is a heady mix of privilege and scandal, opulence and opium dens, rumors and superstition. The discovery of Pamela Werner's body sends a shiver through already nervous Peking.   Japanese soldiers now surround the city.   With the suspect list growing and clues sparse, two detectives—one British and one Chinese—race against the clock to solve the crime before the Japanese invade and Peking as they know it is gone forever. Can they find the killer in time, before the Japanese invade? Historian and China expert Paul French at last uncovers the truth behind this notorious murder, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking.



CONDITION: excellent    back endpaper has some black splotches


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