Publisher, Tantor Media (September 2005)

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With the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-chilling characters of Thomas Harris, Mo Hayder's The Devil of Nanking, takes the reader on an electrifying literary ride from the palatial apartments of yakuza kingpins to deep inside the secret history of one of the twentieth century's most brutal events: the Nanking Massacre.

A young Englishwoman obsessed with an indecipherable past, Grey 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 Grey. A survivor of the massacre, he is now a visiting professor at a university in Tokyo. But he will have nothing to do with her. So Grey accepts a job in an upmarket nightspot, where a certain gangster may be the key to gaining the professor's trust. An old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, the gangster is 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 best-selling author.

About the Author: After leaving school at fifteen, Mo Hayder worked as a barmaid, security guard, filmmaker, hostess in a Tokyo nightclub, and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She now teaches at Bath Spa University. She is also the author of Birdman and The Treatment.

About the Performers: Publishers Weekly named British actress Josephine Bailey a "best female narrator" of 2002. She has received several AudioFile Earphone Awards, most recently for Victorine by Catherine Texier.

British actor Simon Vance has earned five Earphone awards from Audio file magazine and was a three-time 'Audie' finalist 2001-2003. He has recorded over 200 audiobooks.