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" Chanya kills a john Sonchai is sent to cover up and sort out. I read it mostly on the beach in Phuket, and it makes a great beach read. This was the first of Burdett's books that I read, and although it was out of sequence, it didn't seem to matter. " All of the comments that I made for Bangkok 8 apply to this book as well. All mysteries are first about a place that resists knowing, so this is as it should be. This one is quicker to draw the farang into the plot but just as foreign in narrative shape. Never been to Thailand but I suspect this mystery captures its peculiar appeal. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.I wai to John Burdett and hope he keeps writing!" The evil-genius of Colonel Vikorn is so prominent in this book. Of course, I love Sonchai's tortured soul and his obsession with Chanya.

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And those of us with our Western limitations, are just trudging along behind Sonchai, trying to keep up! Even when you guess the who-done-it of this particularly gruesome plot, you can't put the book down! I love the way the political nuances are woven into the crime solving plot. Of course we start off with a pretty gruesome murder! Oh boy! Burdett again leads us through the subtleties of Eastern society. 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. 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.

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Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep of the Royal Thai Police returns in his riveting and smokily atmospheric new thriller.A farang–a foreigner–has been murdered, his body horribly mutilated, at the Bangkok brothel co-owned by Sonchai’s mother and his boss.















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