Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of old China [Audiobook] download free by Paul French
- Listen audiobook: Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of old China
- Author: Paul French
- Release date: 2013/3/5
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Crime and Thriller
- ISBN: 9780241957172
- Rating: 9.06 of 10
- Votes: 586
- Review by: Ty Luce
- Review rating: 7.21 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/11
- Duration: 3H39M27S in 256 kbps (57.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-11
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPC, WAV, WMA, MP3, Musepack, FLAC, MPEG4 (compression IMG, DEB, CBZ, TBZ, ZIP, RAR, LZMA)
- Total pages original book: 288
- Includes a PDF summary of 27 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 21M26S (5.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Midnight in Peking is a gripping true murder mystery by Paul FrenchTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'A first-rate murder story, a thrilling narrative. Hurtles along from one cliffhanger to the next' SpectatorPeking, 1937:The teenage daughter of a British consul is brutally slaughtered. The police investigation is botched; as war looms British and Chinese authorities close ranks. A grieving father vows to uncover the truth - alone.Seventy-five years later, historian Paul French uncovers a stash of forgotten documents revealing the killer's identity . . .For those who loved The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil this is a riveting and evocative true crime classic.'Gripping, spellbinding . . . drawing the reader from the very first pages into an unwholesome, macabre world' Guardian'Part historical docudrama, part tragic opera . . . it is French's enormous achievement that he pieces together the puzzle. He tells this tale with the skill of an Agatha Christie' Financial Times'Fascinating and irresistible. I couldn't put it down'John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'Vivid, pulsating, riveting. It is the storytelling flair that marks Midnight in Peking so highly: with its false leads and twists . . . it sucks the reader in like the best fiction' ScotsmanBorn in London, Paul French has lived in China for more than 10 years. He is a widely published analyst and commentator on China; his books include a history of North Korea, a biography of Shanghai adman and adventurer Carl Crow, and a history of foreign correspondents in China.
- Other categories, genre or collection: True Crime Biographies, 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000, Asian History, True Crime Books
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 12.15 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x18mm
- Weight: 226g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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