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The Devil of Nanking

The Devil of Nanking

Author(s): Mo Hayder

Location(s): Nanjing (Nanking), Tokyo

Genre(s): Crime, Suspense

Era(s): 1937 and 1990

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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 …

With its focus on 1990’s Tokyo and Nanking in 1937, 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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Grey is a young British woman is hunting for film footage of the Nanking Massacre, 1937, which is reputed to be in Tokyo. In her quest she becomes a hostess in a nightclub… it’s...

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