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The devil of Nanking

  • Mo Hayder

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Now reissued as a B-format paperback, an extraordinary, electrifying thriller by one of Britain's bestselling crime-writers.Tokyo, 1990Grey 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.

Genres

  • Mystery
  • Criminals
  • Suspense fiction
  • Nightclubs
  • British
  • Fiction
  • College teachers
  • Thriller
  • Young women
  • Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937
  • Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
  • Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01431391
  • Nanking Massacre (Jiangsu Sheng, China : 1937) fast (OCoLC)fst01032604
  • Organized crime
  • Crime & mystery
  • Escort services
  • FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
  • FICTION / Thrillers / General
  • FICTION / Crime
  • Tokyo (japan), fiction
  • Criminals, fiction
  • Fiction, suspense
  • Young women, fiction
  • College teachers, fiction
  • Japan, fiction
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About the author

  • Mo Hayder

    01 January 1962 - 27 July 2021

    3.60

    10 ratings · 77 works

Editions

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    Grove Press

    2005

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    1st Canadian ed.

    HarperCollins

    2005

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    Transworld

    2010