Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA
Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of Devils
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.