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 .