Midnight in Peking

An instant true crime classic. Grips from the first page to the last

David Peace, author of Red Riding and The Damned United

Fascinating and irresistible. I couldn't put it down

John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Written in the style of a gripping murder mystery, but all the facts are true

Kirsty Lang, BBC Radio 4 (Book of the Week)

Engrossing true crime whodunnit... A terrific read

Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times

Not only does Mr French succeed in solving the crime, he resurrects a period that was filled with glitter as well as evil

The Economist

French has an easygoing prose style... well chosen quotes bring a new vigour and crispness... [He] succeeds in giving voice to a tragic quest for justice

Sunday Telegraph

It is the storytelling flair that marks Midnight in Peking so highly above the run-of-the-mill true crime stories: with its false leads and twists, it sucks the reader in like the best fiction

The Scotsman

The shocking true tale, combined with prose you can't drag yourself away from, makes Midnight in Peking a work of non fiction as compulsive as any bestselling crime novel. It also brings justice at last for a young woman whose murder nearly went unsolved

Sunday Express

Terrific, engrossing ... a gruesome tale of a hitherto forgotten case, and of the sheer tenacity of a grieving father

Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller