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 .

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 .

"Dazzling . . . In this extremely creepy book, Hayder's third, the diabolically gifted British author spins a fascinating mystery from the legacy of Japanese atrocities during World War II."--Entertainment Weekly "A haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful, wonderfully written and beautiful book. You will love reading it, and you will not soon forget the experience."--Harlan Coben Grey has a lot to prove and even more to hide. A young Englishwoman obsessed with a past she cannot understand, she has come to Tokyo following rumors of a rare piece of film footage shot during the notorious Nanking Massacre in 1937, which has been lost for decades. But the only man who can help, a survivor of the massacre and now a visiting professor at a prestigious Tokyo university, will have nothing to do with her. Increasingly desperate in an alien city, Grey accepts a job as a hostess in an upmarket nightspot catering to Japanese businessmen and wealthy yakuza, where one gangster--an old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, rumored to rely on a powerful elixir for his continued health--might be the key to the answers Grey seeks. Taut and gritty, with the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-tingling characters of Thomas Harris, The Devil of Nanking is a tour de force that confirms Mo Hayder as a thriller writer of the first order. "Wrenching . . . A beautifully controlled thriller about culture clash . . . Scary."--Douglas Wolk, The New York Times Book Review "There is a terrible beauty to both narratives as they unfold toward an agonizing but inevitable conclusion, with the two stories dovetailing exquisitely . . . The Devil of Nanking just may be one of the best books of the year."--Tom and Enid Schantz, The Denver Post

"Dazzling . . . In this extremely creepy book, Hayder's third, the diabolically gifted British author spins a fascinating mystery from the legacy of Japanese atrocities during World War II."--Entertainment Weekly "A haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful, wonderfully written and beautiful book. You will love reading it, and you will not soon forget the experience."--Harlan Coben Grey has a lot to prove and even more to hide. A young Englishwoman obsessed with a past she cannot understand, she has come to Tokyo following rumors of a rare piece of film footage shot during the notorious Nanking Massacre in 1937, which has been lost for decades. But the only man who can help, a survivor of the massacre and now a visiting professor at a prestigious Tokyo university, will have nothing to do with her. Increasingly desperate in an alien city, Grey accepts a job as a hostess in an upmarket nightspot catering to Japanese businessmen and wealthy yakuza, where one gangster--an old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, rumored to rely on a powerful elixir for his continued health--might be the key to the answers Grey seeks. Taut and gritty, with the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-tingling characters of Thomas Harris, The Devil of Nanking is a tour de force that confirms Mo Hayder as a thriller writer of the first order. "Wrenching . . . A beautifully controlled thriller about culture clash . . . Scary."--Douglas Wolk, The New York Times Book Review "There is a terrible beauty to both narratives as they unfold toward an agonizing but inevitable conclusion, with the two stories dovetailing exquisitely . . . The Devil of Nanking just may be one of the best books of the year."--Tom and Enid Schantz, The Denver Post