Temutma : Black Butterfly Crime

Temutma, a kuang-shi, a monster similar to the vampire of European legend, is imprisoned beneath the Walled City in Hong Kong's Kowloon district. Temutma escapes when the Walled City is being cleared for demolition. Hungering for blood it begins a horrifying series of murders, starting with the Ralston family, saving only the daughter Julia for later enjoyment. A policeman, Scott, and his discrete but discerning assistant, Woman Police Constable Lau, question Julia, and as the deaths continue night after night Scott comes to realize what he is pursuing - and is in turn pursuing all of them. Sloan is a third-generation Hong Konger, Bradley a Canadian now working on a three-volume fantasy series for Gollancz.Bradley, Rebecca is the author of 'Temutma : Black Butterfly Crime', published 1998 under ISBN 9789627160472 and ISBN 9627160474.