The Girl with a Thousand Faces

A haunting dark urban fantasy set in historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.‘Bound to be an immediate classic` – Hannah Kaner, Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller‘Will tear out your heart and heal it in the same breath` – Eliza Chan, Sunday Times bestselling author of Fathomfolk‘Richly imagined and transportive` – Olivie Blake, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six‘A haunting story of loneliness, love and loss` – Gareth Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of DoorsMercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.But the past she can`t remember won`t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon`s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy – and her forgotten childhood.As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.