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: 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. Σελίδες: 480, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm