Imprint: Corgi
Published: 02/06/2008
ISBN: 9780552156875
Length: 432 Pages
Dimensions: 178mm x 27mm x 106mm
Weight: 220g
RRP: £7.99
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
Published: 02/06/2008
ISBN: 9780552156875
Length: 432 Pages
Dimensions: 178mm x 27mm x 106mm
Weight: 220g
RRP: £7.99
Brilliantly atmospheric and pacy.
An exciting and fascinating exploration of the underbelly of a totally alien culture.
One of the most startling and provocative mysteries I've read in years.
Cracking East meets West thriller introducing a half-Thai, half-American cop. Terrific
Open Bangkok Tattoo and you will read on and on with wide-eyed fascination, some horror or disgust, and considerable delight