Midnight In Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China

The expatriate community in 1937 Peking was a vortex of privilege and decadence, rumors and superstition, even as the Japanese prepared to invade. The discovery of 20-year-old Pamela Werner's mutilated body in the shadow of the haunted Fox Tower sent a shiver through the nervous city. In this riveting true crime story, illustrated with 16 pages of color photos, Shanghai-based historian Paul French at last uncovers the truth behind the internationally notorious murder.