February 02, 2021
The nightlife and characters of places such as Soi Cowboy (pictured), a street in Bangkok’s red light district, has given expat crime writers inspiration for their colourful stories.
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Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a detective of mixed American and Thai descent, hunts killers in Bangkok’s Police District 8. A devout Buddhist, he is guided by his belief in the vagaries of karma.
When a US marine is murdered in peculiar circumstances by venomous snakes, he is on the case. He is also called to investigate the murder of a CIA agent, whose mutilated body is found in a hotel room. For Sonchai, that is just another lurid crime to solve.