Editions

Bangkok Haunts

  • Imprint: Corgi

  • ISBN: 9780552156875

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 178mm x 27mm x 106mm

  • Weight: 220g

  • RRP: £7.99

Bangkok Haunts

Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep has seen just about everything on his beat in Bangkok's crime-riddled District 8. But the terrifying snuff movie he's been sent anonymously is something else: the person who dies is Damrong, the beautiful woman he once loved and whom he still dreams about.

And there's more: slayings turn the ensuing investigation into a murder inquiry, and Sonchai into an obsessed and haunted man.

Sonchai's inquiries follow a dizzying route from his own apartment, where he sleeps next to his pregnant wife while his fantasies deliver him up to Damrong; to the backstreets of Phnom Penh, where street gangs are only the most visible threats; to the gilded rooms of the most exclusive men's club in Bangkok, whose members will do anything to explore their darkest fantasies ...

  • Imprint: Corgi

  • ISBN: 9780552156875

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 178mm x 27mm x 106mm

  • Weight: 220g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • Brilliantly atmospheric and pacy.

    Daily Mirror for BANGKOK HAUNTS

  • An exciting and fascinating exploration of the underbelly of a totally alien culture.

    Irish Independent for BANGKOK HAUNTS

  • One of the most startling and provocative mysteries I've read in years.

    Carl Hiaasen for BANGKOK 8

  • Cracking East meets West thriller introducing a half-Thai, half-American cop. Terrific

    Observer for BANGKOK 8

  • Open Bangkok Tattoo and you will read on and on with wide-eyed fascination, some horror or disgust, and considerable delight

    Washington Post for BANGKOK TATTOO

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About the Author

John Burdett

John Burdett is a former lawyer who worked in Hong Kong until he found his true vocation as a writer. An Englishman by birth, he has lived in France and Spain, and is now back in the Far East. His thrillers Bangkok 8, Bangkok Tattoo , Bangkok Haunts and The Godfather of Kathmandu all feature Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep. For more information about John Burdett and his novels, please visit his website: www.john-burdett.com

John Burdett

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