Now in paperback, a gripping true story and investigation into a murder that took place in the dying days of colonial Peking. The teenage daughter of former British consul Edward Werner was murdered in 1937, and her heart removed. French discovered a lost case file put together by the victim's father, and unveils a disturbing crime which took place at the end of an era. 'An instant true crime classic. Grips from the first page to the last' David Peace