The Nightmare Murders

[The fully revised edition is now available. Visit the author's homepage to check it out.] 1930s Republican-era setting + historical fiction + single female lead + light supernatural elements + love of country In the 1930s, in the foreign concession of Anjin, he is an orphan from the shantytowns, adopted son of a fallen general, and an upright police detective who fears no death and fights to uphold justice. She is the adopted daughter of a wealthy family who died young, chosen by the Tribunal to become a soul hunter who walks between the living and the dead. Sweet and charming by day, decisive and deadly by night. They were childhood friends who grew up together in an orphanage. Years later, they reunite, fall in love, come to understand each other, and stand by one another. At last, she uncovers her adoptive father's secret and stops drifting through life. For him, and for her chance to be reborn, she marches forward without fear. At last, he learns the truth about his origins. To protect her and avenge himself, he vows to take on this seemingly mighty force. Can they succeed? And can their love bear fruit in a world torn apart by war?