Midnight in Peking
Midnight in Peking

Author: Paul French

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1101580380

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Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of Devils Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela Werner was found at the base of the Fox Tower, which, according to local superstition, is home to the maliciously seductive fox spirits. As British detective Dennis and Chinese detective Han investigate, the mystery only deepens and, in a city on the verge of invasion, rumor and superstition run rampant. Based on seven years of research by historian and China expert Paul French, this true-crime thriller presents readers with a rare and unique portrait of the last days of colonial Peking.

Death In Shanghai (An Inspector Danilov Historical Thriller, Book 1)
Death In Shanghai (An Inspector Danilov Historical Thriller, Book 1)

Author: M J Lee

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2015-09-10

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1474035590

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Shanghai, 1928. The body of a blonde is washed up on the Beach of Dead Babies, in the heart of the smog-filled city. Seemingly a suicide, a closer inspection reveals a darker motive: the corpse has been weighed down, it’s lower half mutilated...and the Chinese character for ‘justice’ carved into the chest.

Life and Death in Shanghai
Life and Death in Shanghai

Author: Cheng Nien

Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Published: 2010-12-14

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 0802145167

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A woman who spent more than six years in solitary confinement during Communist China's Cultural Revolution discusses her time in prison. Reissue. A New York Times Best Book of the Year.

The Shanghai Murders
The Shanghai Murders

Author: David Rotenberg

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1458798550

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In a busy Shanghai alley, the body of an American police officer is found, dismembered and arranged in bizarre fashion. The murder appears to be the work of a trained assassin with a deadly message to send. And before long, he leaves another: the body of an African diplomat, as skilfully carved up as the first. Assigned to track the killer is homicide detective Zhong Fong. Haunted by the deaths of his actress wife and unborn child, Fong throws himself into the case. But his concentration is disrupted, first by the arrival of his late wife's lover, and then by the realisation that he may be the killer's next target. As he hunts for the murderer, Fong must confront his own secrets - and those of his rapidly changing city. ''''''''An extraordinarily accomplished mystery.'''''''' Booklist.

Death of a Red Heroine
Death of a Red Heroine

Author: Qiu Xiaolong

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2011-12-08

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 1848946589

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Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series. Shanghai in 1990. An ancient city in a country that despite the massacre of Tiananmen Square is still in the tight grip of communist control. Chief Inspector Chen, a poet with a sound instinct for self-preservation, knows the city like few others. When the body of a prominent Communist Party member is found, Chen is told to keep the party authorities informed about every lead. Also, he must keep the young woman's murder out of the papers at all costs. When his investigation leads him to the decadent offspring of high-ranking officials, he finds himself instantly removed from the case and reassigned to another area. Chen has a choice: bend to the party's wishes and sacrifice his morals, or continue his investigation and risk dismissal from his job and from the party. Or worse . . .

The Killing Time
The Killing Time

Author: M J Lee

Publisher: Canelo

Published: 2018-04-23

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1788630564

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As tensions simmer in Shanghai, children go missing... Shanghai 1932: Inspector Danilov hasn't recovered from the death of his child... but across a Shanghai riven with communal tensions, children are going missing. Missing, and then murdered. Who is responsible? Why have the children's bodies been exhibited for all to see? Just as Danilov thinks the stakes couldn't be higher there is a new dimension, Japan, a rising power flexing its muscles. In fractious Shanghai, an explosion is long overdue. With the clock ticking can Danilov and his assistant Strachan solve the case? The fate of Shanghai may be at stake. So is Danilov’s job... And his sanity. The latest instalment of the Inspector Danilov mysteries will leave you breathless. Perfect for fans of Philip Kerr or Rory Clements. Inspector Danilov Crime Thriller Series Death in Shanghai City of Shadows The Murder Game The Killing Time

Empire Made Me
Empire Made Me

Author: Robert A. Bickers

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780231131322

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This riveting "biography of a nobody" offers a rare view of empire from the bottom up and a glimpse of the making of modern China. Robert Bickers mines the letters of Richard Tinkler along with archival files to create a fascinating and much-needed narrative of everyday life in the colonial world and an unvarnished portrait of the colonial experience that will permanently affect our view of it.

City of Devils
City of Devils

Author: Paul French

Publisher: Picador USA

Published: 2018-07-03

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1250170583

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"In the 1930s, Shanghai was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, fortunes made--and lost. 'Lucky' Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison in the States, spotted a craze for gambling and rose to become the Slot King of Shanghai. 'Dapper' Joe Farren--a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls--ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivaled Ziegfeld's. In 1940 they bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation and genocide. They thought they ruled Shanghai; but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction they left in their wake."--Jacket