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Midnight in Peking is a true crime book by Paul French concerning the 1937 murder of Pamela Werner in Peking. It was first published by Penguin Australia in association with Penguin China in 2011 and has since been published by Penguin Books in the UK and by Penguin Group USA.
Interest in the case was revived with the 2011 publication of Paul French's bestseller Midnight in Peking, which endorsed Werner's conclusions and won several awards. However, a website set up by some of Prentice's descendants argues that documentary evidence from the time contradicts that conclusion and casts doubt on many of French's assertions.
Paul French (born 27 August 1966) is a British author. In addition to articles about a range of subjects, he has specialised in books about China, including the murder mystery Midnight in Peking and the biography Her Lotus Year about Wallis Simpson in China.
In 2011, the British author Paul French, an expatriate living in China, published a study of the murder, Midnight in Peking, which explores the career and character of Werner and offers a solution to the mystery. [2]
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