With only these few facts to go on, and an inability to stop thinking about Pamela Webster, French started tracking down the long-forgotten story. The footnote also indicated that Pamela's father was a former British consul in China, and that the murder of Pamela had remained unsolved. As the author notes in his "The Writing of Midnight in Peking," a brief piece added to the book after the main story, mention was made of Snow's wife Helen, who was nervous due to the discovery of the body of young Pamela Werner not too far from where the Snows lived. Part history, part cold-case mystery, Midnight in Peking began literally as a footnote the author happened to read in a biography of Edgar Snow, an American journalist and author who may likely have been the first western journalist to interview Mao Zedong. By the very nature of the title, it should be very clear that there's going to be some historical component to this book, so don't be surprised. Part history, part cold-case mystery, Midnight in Peking began literally as a footnote the author happened to read in a biography of Edgar Snow, an Amer If you've picked this book up expecting yet another true-crime novel filled with the titillating and tantalizing details that normally make these books sell well, forget it - you've got the wrong book. If you've picked this book up expecting yet another true-crime novel filled with the titillating and tantalizing details that normally make these books sell well, forget it - you've got the wrong book.
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