The Devil of Nanking: an extraordinary, electrifying thriller by one of Britain’s bestselling crime-writers

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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: TokyoGrey 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.

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