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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.
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By Ken Douglas (Landlocked in Reno)
Thailand is different than America, that is something you'll learn in this excellent thriller. The police work differently too. The values are different, not better, not worse, just different. Different cultures, different ways of doing things. So when the police discover the dismembered body of CIA agent Mitch Turner don't be surprised when they try to make the murder into something it isn't.
Sonchai Jitpleecheep (I don't know why I want to pronounce his name `Littlejeep,' but that's what my mind sees) is back from Bangkok 8, one of the best thrillers I have ever read and he's just as lovable, loyal and quirky here. Sonchai's mother owns a house of ill repute that caters to the Viagra crowd with his boss, Colonel Vikorn and the suspect in the CIA man's death is their star, number one girl Chanya, so naturally Vikorn does not want Chanya jailed, so he shapes her statement, actually writes it for her and makes it look like self defense. But later they find that not only was his you-know-what cut off, but that the skin had been flayed from his back.
So now the murder takes on a new twist and with CIA types after terrorist types, old men taking Viagra, and Sonchai's attraction for Chanya you have all the ingredients of a dynamite thriller. Did I forget to mention that this culture clashing story is funny too. And that these characters will live with you for a long time after you finish the book. Now if Mr. Burdett's publishers would only make his terrific thriller, The Last Six Million Seconds available again. Ah well, this book is as good as, but not better than Seconds and Bangkok 8. All three are at the top of the genre.
By Utah Resident (Utah)
Take a wild ride through a culture that is at the same time grounded in the hard-core facts of economic survival, but equally steeped in mysticism. The narrator is a most appealing character, who struggles with doing his job while balancing these outlooks in his search for the truth. Wickedly funny also!
By Melita W. Thorpe
Bangkok Tattoo provides and insight to the darker side of Bangkok. Brilliantly constructed; a page turner till the last; leaves you reaching for the next one.
By James V. Gallagher IV (Hershey, PA USA)
The story is well crafted. I particularly like the way the writing meanders as if to mimic certain aspects of Thai or Buddhist mentality. Incongruously for a thriller, words that come to my mind to describe the book are Stasis (of a hot tropical city) and Passivity (of the main characters). Teasing humor, Tangled webs of motivations and lies, sex, gender, drugs are also prominent elements. Intelligence and Psychological insight enhance the writing.
The only stylistic element that was repeatedly annoying is the direct address to the reader "farang" which continually destroys the mood of the story.
By Brkat (Southeast, USA)
Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep takes another walk through the seedy side of the Bangkok flesh trade in order to solve a gruesome murder. A puzzling question is why the grisly mutilation of the body? The answer is a big surprise and a big wow. Score one for author John Burdett for coming up with a creepy original storyline. Where I was a little disappointed in his ending to "Bangkok 8" I was more than pleased with the conclusion to "Bangkok Tattoo." Won't give anything away here but if you enjoy this genre then you will really enjoy "Bangkok Tattoo."
All of the colorful characters are there - the prostitutes; corrupt police and army generals; Japanese gangsters; CIA agents. It's through Sonchai's eyes that we see Thailand not from a Western perspective but from a Thai's. The lives of the bar girls, Buddhism, and Thai society are brought to light in a way few outsiders understand.
I would recommend reading "Bangkok 8" first since it introduces most of the characters and the settings that continue into "Bangkok Tattoo." However, if you start with the latter you will still be in for a mesmerizing read.
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