Shanghai Policeman

About this book

Shanghai in the 1930s was one of the worlds most dangerous cities with kidnappings and murders as daily occurrences. British police officer E. W. Peters of the Shanghai Municipal Police leads the way down the citys dark lanes and alleys through a crime-ridden underworld of brothels opium dens and gambling parlors. This often riotous true-crime chronicle is filled with colorful criminals fumbled police raids and gross misunderstandings one of which lands the author on trial for murder. Here old Shanghai is depicted at its most exciting.