The Devil of Nanking

Fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter will devour this warped and brutally bloodthirstly thriller from bestselling and prize-winning author Mo Hayder. Deeply haunting, this will stay with you well after the final page is turned... 'Haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful and wonderfully written' -- HARLAN COBEN 'Left me stunned and haunted. This is writing of breathtaking power and poetry' -- TESS GERRITSEN 'Couldn't put it down' -- * Reader review 'One of the best books I have read in a long time' -- * Reader review 'Weird, creepy, vile......brilliant!!!!!' -- * Reader review 'An absolutely brilliant book. Read it NOW!' -- * Reader review ** 1990: Tokyo Grey Hutchins is in pursuit of an obsession. She is searching for a piece of film taken during the infamous Nanking massacre of 1937. Some say it never existed. Grey is certain that it does, and that it lies hidden - somewhere in Tokyo. Alone in an alien city, Grey becomes a hostess in an exclusive club catering for Japanese businessmen - and gangsters. One gangster dominates - an old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage - who is rumoured to rely on a powerful elixir for his continued health. It is an elixir that others want - at any price ... Previously published as Tokyo, The Devil of Nanking is a literary thriller of the highest order. With its heady atmosphere of overt violence, lurking fear and sexual tension, this is a novel that takes hold of the reader and does not let go until its explosive final pages.

Mo Hayder