When a mass grave containing eighteen mutilated female corpses is discovered in Shanghai, detective Li Yan is sent from Beijing to establish if the bodies are linked to an unsolved murder in the capital. Here, Li and Campbell will be working with Mei Ling, deputy head of Shanghai's serious crime squad. They are now entering the arena of a sickening nemesis, and opening a door behind which lies each of their very worst nightmares.
Intense and fascinating.