Nanking Devil

The diabolically gifted British author Mo Hayder spins a fascinating mystery from the legacy of Japanese atrocities during World War II, weaving a tale with the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-chilling characters of Thomas Harris. "The Devil of Nanking" takes the reader on an electrifying literary ride from the palatial apartments of yakuza kingpins to the deep secrets of one of the twentieth century's most brutal events: the Nanking Massacre.

A young Englishwoman, Grey, is obsessed with an indecipherable past and comes to Tokyo seeking a lost piece of film footage of the notorious 1937 Nanking Massacre, footage some say never existed. Only one man can help her – a survivor of the massacre who is now a visiting professor at a university in Tokyo. However, he wants nothing to do with her.

Undeterred, Grey accepts a job in an upmarket nightspot, where a certain gangster may be the key to gaining the professor's trust. This gangster is an old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, rumored to rely on a mysterious elixir for his continued health.

Taut, gritty, sexy, and harrowing, "The Devil of Nanking" is an incomparable literary thriller set in one of the world's most fascinating cities – Tokyo – from an internationally bestselling author. As described by Harlan Coben, it is "a haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful, wonderfully written and beautiful book."

The novel's gripping narrative and the author's exceptional storytelling skills have earned it high praise, with Entertainment Weekly describing it as "Exceedingly creepy" and a work where "the diabolically gifted British author spins a fascinating mystery."

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