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Title details for Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett - Available

Bangkok Tattoo

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by John Burdett
Paul Boehmer
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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. The dead man was a CIA agent. 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. 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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Sonchai Jitpleecheep

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 26, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415950982
      • File size: 329737 KB
      • Duration: 11:26:57

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Paul Boehmer presents the sequel to last year's bestseller, BANGKOK 8. Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai, his brothel-keeper mother, and his corrupt boss, Colonel Vikorn, assist and battle each other again--this time over a CIA agent who has been murdered. Colonel Vikorn fabricates a cover-up that points to Muslim terrorists. Then things get complicated. Boehmer reads the dramatic story vividly and clearly, never losing the listener in the twists, turns, and flashbacks of the nonlinear plot. He uses the right lilting cadence for the English-speaking Thais and excels in creating vocal personality for both male and female characters. R.E.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 25, 2005
      In Burdett's brilliantly cynical mystery thriller, the follow-up to Bangkok 8
      (2004), Royal Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is called in by his supervisor, hard-bitten Captain Vikorn, to investigate the murder of a CIA operative, Mitch Turner, found disemboweled and mutilated. The prime suspect is a beautiful bar girl, Chanya, with whom Sonchai believes himself to be in love. When Turner's murder turns out to be far more complicated than originally thought, Sonchai must deal with his boss's rages and Chanya's gradually revealed secrets, along with CIA agents who have come to investigate the crime, a Thai army general with whom Vikorn has been feuding for years, Yakuza gangsters, Japanese tattooists, Muslim fundamentalists and more. Thoroughly familiar with Thailand, Burdett does an impressive job of depicting an often romanticized society from the inside out. His characters are unforgettable, his dialogue fast-paced and perfectly pitched, his numerous asides and observations generally as cutting as they are funny. Agent, Jane Gelfman. 9-city author tour.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      What a fine transformation of novel to audio art! Reader Paul Boehmer seamlessly delivers this sophisticated story in the voice of its humble narrator, a Thai police detective and respected pimp who is caught up in an artfully embroidered plot involving corruption, lust, and the Buddhist culture of Thailand. As Detective Sonehai Jitpleecheep, Boehmer conveys every nuance of the first-person narrator's inner voice, as well as handily embodying a broad cast of Thai characters, including prostitutes and other women, who are interacting with hard-headed, ham-handed American intruders, in particular the CIA. Listeners will find this fictional audio diary enthralling, moving, even humbling as they absorb its layered depths of narrative art. D.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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