About the Author

Paul French has lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. He is a widely published analyst and commentator on China and has written a number of books, including a history of foreign correspondents in China and a biography of the legendary Shanghai adman, journalist and adventurer Carl Crow. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller.

Reviews

An engrossing read. Oprah.com on "Midnight in Peking""
"A compulsively readable true crime work in the tradition of "Devil in the White City." Atlantic.com"