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Midnight In Peking: How The Murder Of A Young Englishwoman Haunted The Last Days Of Old China (2012)

by Paul French(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0143121006 (ISBN13: 9780143121008)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Penguin (Non-Classics)

review 1: Good read for China enthusiasts or historians and those that like supposedly unsolved and true mysteries. The extremely sad thing about this case is that it is true. The book highlights, with no apparent reason, corruption and deception, which is so distressing for Pamela's father. It does not speak highly of Chinese or British diplomats or policemen responsible for cover ups and misinformation. As an unsolved case, Paul French has unraveled two compelling story lines - one the more official and the other less official but meritorious investigation by Pamela's lonely and distraught aging father. The unanswered question is why was the truth covered up. Cover ups are usually to protect someone or many. Perhaps Paul French could have probed and speculated beyond who di... mored it and why to answer why the documents that revealed almost all where in the British archives and the truth was suppressed causing her father 17 years of grief and loneliness. The last 17 years of his life. Brutal.
review 2: A true crime story, Midnight in Peking is a fascinating look at the dark side of Peking in the waning days of the British Empire and the rise of Communist China. The book falls apart at the end a bit, but is still also an interesting look at early forensics and the ways in which the politics of China and its foreigners nearly buried the investigation into the brutal murder of a 20-year-old white woman. less

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