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A thriller with attitude to spare, Bangkok
8 is a sexy, razor-edged, often darkly hilarious novel set
in one of the world’s most exotic cities.
Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic
Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside
a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the
only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments
one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep—a
devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone
Vietnam War G.I.—is hell-bent on wreaking revenge.
On a vigilante mission to capture his partner’s murderer,
Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent
named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city
fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution
and priceless art, Sonchai’s quest for vengeance takes
him into a world much more sinister than he could have ever
imagined.
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