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Bangkok 8: A Royal Thai Detective Novel by John Burdett [Burdett, John] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com ReviewWhen a U.S. Marine is killed in Bangkok, the task of finding the murderer falls to Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, seemingly the only member of the Royal Thai Police Force whose idea of justice precludes his fellow officers' customary system of bribery. This assignment's especially important to the devout detective for during the investigation of the murder scene, the methamphetamine-stoked snakes that bit the marine also kill Sonchai's police partner, best friend, and Buddhist soul-mate Pichai. Sonchai's pursuit of revenge will team him with a sexually frustrated FBI agent and leave them at the mercy of 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 (, ) 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 Buddhi

Who reads Bangkok 8: A Royal Thai Detective Novel?

Author

John Burdett [Burdett, John]

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400032907

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thrillers

Rating

3.76 / 5 (209 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14