Midnight in Peking
The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China
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Narrated by:
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Crawford Logan
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By:
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Paul French
About this listen
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Paul Frenchs’ Midnight in Peking, a gripping, true murder mystery story read by the actor Crawford Logan.
Who killed Pamela Werner? On a frozen night in January 1937, in the dying days of colonial Peking, a body was found under the haunted watchtower. It was Pamela Werner, the teenage daughter of the city’s former British consul, Edward Werner. Her heart had been removed. A horrified world followed the hunt for Pamela’s killer, with a Chinese-British detective team pursuing suspects including a blood-soaked rickshaw puller, the Triads, and a lascivious grammar school headmaster. But the case was soon forgotten amid the carnage of the Japanese invasion...by all but Edward Werner. With a network of private investigators and informers, he followed the trail deep into Peking’s notorious Badlands and back to the gilded hotels of the colonial Quarter. Some 75 years later, deep in the Scotland Yard archives, British historian Paul French accidentally came across the lost case file prepared by Edward Werner.
Unveiling an undercover sex cult, heroin addicts, and disappearing brothels, the truth behind the crime can now be told - and is more disturbing than anyone could imagine. Not just the unpause-able story of a savage murder, Midnight in Peking is a sweepingly evocative account of the end of an era.
©2012 Paul French (P)2012 Penguin AudioWhat listeners say about Midnight in Peking
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- Four legs good
- 24-03-2019
Well researched and fascinating
I liked the well researched details of China and the interesting and unfortunate story of the Werners. Well written and told. I recommend this story to anyone interested in China and true crime.
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- Haidyn
- 03-10-2021
Excellent
The fascination of a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a vividly described world.
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- Kindle Customer
- 31-12-2020
Excellent
Thoroughly researched and compellingly told. A horrible end for the victim and her father. Fascinating insights into what life was like living in China at the time and the Japanese invasion. I learnt so much
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