Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French.  Based on a true crime story (this book is of the "creative non-fiction" genre).  The book is about the murder of a young Englishwoman and its effect on the last days of colonial Peking and "Old China." French explores the question around the unsolved murder.  Was the victim an innocent schoolgirl, or was she a young rebel enjoying Peking at its most exciting?  The author follows the investigations by the Chinese police and the British legation, then an independent investigation funded by the victim's father, then forms his own theory.

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