false 30860 706011 1400032903 9781400032907 284 <![CDATA[Bangkok 8: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177459916m/706011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177459916s/706011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/706011.Bangkok_8_A_Novel 3.69 1305 yaa-baa-fueled motorcycle-taxi drivers as they hurtle through neon-lit Bangkok and into the labyrinthine and deadly machinations of the international jade and drug trades in search of the killer.

As Sonchai himself notes at one point, "This isn't a whodunit, is it?" And, no, it isn't, but author John Burdett (A Personal History of Thirst, The Last Six Million Seconds) infuses the plot with enough suspense, detail, and dry Asian insight to keep readers rapt as the story careens about the bars and brothels of Thailand's flesh trade, through its cut-rate plastic surgery parlors, and ends in a climax with a fittingly Buddhist twist. Bangkok 8 is highly recommended for readers in the mood for Thai. --Benjamin Reese

]]> 30860 3.67 2782 575 2002 54681 1400032911 9781400032914 108 <![CDATA[Bangkok Tattoo]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170441930m/54681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170441930s/54681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54681.Bangkok_Tattoo 3.65 692
A farang–a foreigner–has been murdered, his body horribly mutilated, at the Bangkok brothel co-owned by Sonchai’s mother and his boss. The dead man was a CIA agent. To make matters worse, the apparent culprit is sweet-natured Chanya, the brothel’s top earner and a woman whom the devoutly Buddhist sleuth has loved for several lifetimes.

How can Sonchai solve this crime without sending Chanya to prison? How can he engage in a cover-up without endangering his karma? And how will he ever get to the bottom of a case whose interested parties include American spooks, Muslim fundamentalists, and gangsters from three countries?

As addictive as opium, as hot as Sriracha chili sauce, and bursting with surprises, Bangkok Tattoo will leave its mark on you.]]> 30860 3.67 2782 575 1999 226963 0307263185 9780307263186 116 <![CDATA[Bangkok Haunts]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172873080m/226963.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172873080s/226963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/226963.Bangkok_Haunts 3.68 474 Sonchai Jitpleecheep—the devout Buddhist Royal Thai Police detective who led us through the best sellers Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo—returns in this blistering new novel.

Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkok’s District 8, but nothing like the video he’s just been sent anonymously: “Few crimes make us fear for the evolution of our species. I am watching one right now.”

He’s watching a snuff film. And the person dying before his disbelieving eyes is Damrong—a woman he once loved obsessively and, now it becomes clear, endlessly. And there is something more: something at the end of the film that leaves Sonchai both figuratively and literally haunted.

While his investigation will lead him through the office of the ever-scheming police captain, Vikorn (“Don’t spoil a great case with too much perfectionism,” he advises Sonchai); in and out of the influence of a perhaps psychotic wandering monk; and eventually into the gilded rooms of the most exclusive men’s club in Bangkok (whose members will do anything to protect their identities, and to explore their most secret fantasies), it also leads him to his own simple bedroom where he sleeps next to his pregnant wife while his dreams deliver him up to Damrong . . .

Ferociously smart and funny, furiously fast-paced, and laced through with an erotic ghost story that gives a new dark twist to the life of our hero, Bangkok Haunts does exactly that from first page to last.

]]> 30860 3.67 2782 575 2007 226962 0688147747 9780688147747 4 <![CDATA[The Last Six Million Seconds: A Thriller]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172873080m/226962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172873080s/226962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/226962.The_Last_Six_Million_Seconds_A_Thriller 3.79 42 30860 3.67 2782 575 1997 1008762 0688143997 9780688143992 1 <![CDATA[A Personal History of Thirst]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223632734m/1008762.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223632734s/1008762.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1008762.A_Personal_History_of_Thirst 2.50 8 30860 3.67 2782 575 1996 2318497 349224131X 9783492241311 0 <![CDATA[Die letzten Tage von Hongkong]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2318497.Die_letzten_Tage_von_Hongkong 0.0 0 30860 3.67 2782 575 1996 7376944 0 <![CDATA[Bangkok Nights]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7376944-bangkok-nights 0.0 0 30860 3.67 2782 575 6203483 0307263193 9780307263193 0 <![CDATA[The Godfather of Kathmandu]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6203483.The_Godfather_of_Kathmandu 0.0 0
There are, however, obstacles in Sonchai’s path to nirvana. Police Colonel Vikorn has just named Sonchai his consigliere (he’s been studying The Godfather on DVD): to troubleshoot, babysit, defuse, procure, reconnoiter—do whatever needs to be done in Vikorn’s ongoing battle with Army General Zinna for control of Bangkok’s network of illegal enterprises. And though Tietsin is enlightened and (eerily) charismatic, he also has forty million dollars’ worth of heroin for sale. If Sonchai truly wants to be an initiate into Tietsin’s “apocalyptic Buddhism,” he has to pull off a deal that will bring Vikorn and Zinna to the same side of the table. Further complicating the challenge is Tara: a Tantric practitioner who captivates Sonchai with her remarkable otherworldly techniques.

Here is Sonchai put to the extreme test—as a cop, as a Buddhist, as an impossibly earthbound man—in John Burdett’s most wildly inventive, darkly comic, and wickedly entertaining novel yet.]]> 30860 3.67 2782 575 2009 3418788 3492050972 9783492050975 0 <![CDATA[Der buddhistische Mönch]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3418788.Der_buddhistische_M_nch 0.0 0 30860 3.67 2782 575 2008 3418819 3492046002 9783492046008 0 <![CDATA[Der Jadereiter: Thriller]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3418819.Der_Jadereiter_Thriller 0.0 0 30860 3.67 2782 575 2004 5717171 9814217700 9789814217705 0 <![CDATA[Bangkok Panorama]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5717171.Bangkok_Panorama 0.0 0 2558831 0.0 0 0 30860 3.67 2782 575 2009