Tokyo 1990. 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 & that it lies hidden
- somewhere in Tokyo. Alone in an alien city Grey becomes a hostess in an exclusive club catering for Japanese businessmen
- & 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 & Nanking in 1937 The Devil of Nanking is a literary thriller of the highest order. With its heady atmosphere of overt violence lurking fear & sexual tension this is a novel that takes hold of the reader & does not let go until its explosive final pages.