Kattas's review of Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China

Kattas reviewed Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China by Paul French

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3 stars

An interesting true crime story, but the ending felt a bit confused. As the story of a murder, it dragged out the final evidence and investigation too long, and as the story of the destruction of a man looking for justice it was unsatisfyingly dry and clinical while describing his final failures.