The Curious Case of the Sukhumvit Salon

A Bob Lowe Investigation #4

by Zach J. Brodsky

Life unfolds in its charmingly peculiar way at the Little Wooden House, tucked just off Bangkok’s Convent Road. With Pat and Daeng taking an increasingly vital role in the agency, the team dives into a new mystery involving an indignant Brit who insists that the amateur Bangkok football league is biased against foreign teams.
Meanwhile, Bob tackles a seemingly straightforward case—a husband suspecting his wife of infidelity. However, The Lowe’s world is never without its unique twists, as he's soon hot on the trail of a mysterious cat thief prowling the more upscale areas of the city.
As they unravel the mysteries in their own idiosyncratic style, Bob's dream of opening a boutique homestay next to the Little Wooden House edges closer to reality.

203 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 5, 2024

About the author

Zach J Brodsky spent much of his youth traipsing around the world where he was fascinated by observing people and creating absurd back stories in his mind about their lives and with it he created an endless list of characters. He roamed around East and Southern Africa in the early 1990s sneaking into what was Zaire to spend some time with mountain gorillas, and later travelled extensively in India, Nepal, South East Asia and the West Coast of the USA. Zach experimented with traditional employment for many years before deciding to base himself in Bangkok where he began to observe all the oddities that Bangkok has to offer. Ultimately motivating him to try and patch some characters together in creating his first full novel "Bangkok Delusions".

Zach continues to roam the globe milling around South East Asia and quietly observing places and events that might inspire a new storyline.

Reviews

[Jim Halterman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall faithful addition to Brodsky’s Bangkok-set light mystery novels. I appreciated the Pat character being fleshed out more though the cases weren’t as compelling this time around. Overall, though, an enjoyable read and I’ll eagerly await the next installment.

[Melanie Underwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

This quirky series is unusual and entertaining.

[pipi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ended

The book was a waste of time. None of the cases are resolved and then it just ends. Very frustrating.