英国作家还原一个另类的民国上海

In 2011, a real-life crime story titled "Midnight in Peking" hit the book shelves and soon became a literary sensation.　 Trying to solve a murder mystery that occurred in Beijing months before the Japanese invasion, this gripping historical non-fiction has not only made its way into the New York Times bestselling list, but has also put its author Paul French into the limelight.　 Recently, this award-winning writer made a strong comeback with yet another whodunit, City of Devils.　 But this time, instead of Beijing, Paul French takes us back to Shanghai in its licentious 1930s and 40s, where some of the most dodgy, eccentric, and villainous criminals the city had ever seen thrived before their downfall ..　 In today's episode, our reporter Shiyu sat down with Paul to talk about his new book, his fascination with early 20th century China, and how crime literature has become the lens into history.