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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French

Historian and China expert Paul French at last uncovers the truth behind the notorious murder of a young Englishwoman, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking.

Week of April 29, 2013

Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy plays by the book and plays hard, which is what puts the biggest case of the year into his hands. On one of the half-built, half-abandoned “luxury” developments that litter Ireland, Patrick Spain and his two young children are dead. But Broken Harbor holds memories for Scorcher, and working this case could resurrect something he thought he had tightly under control. BROKEN HARBOR is the fourth novel of the Dublin murder squad by Tana French.