John Burdett Knihy

Ve volném pokračování knihy Bangkok 8 se znovu setkáme s detektivem Sonkajem Jitpleecheepem z Královské thajské policie v Bangkoku, jeho šéfem Vikornem, správcem bangkokského obvodu č. 8, jeho podnikavou matkou Nong a dalšími už známými postavami. Sonkaj je hned na počátku postaven před záhadný detektivní případ. V hotelu je nalezena ošklivě zohavená mrtvola muže, který byl krátce předtím viděn v bordelu Sonkajovy matky, a všechno nasvědčuje tomu, že ho zabila jedna z prostitutek, Chanya. Vypadá to jako docela obyčejný zločin z afektu. Pak se však věci začínají komplikovat. Sonkaj zjistí, že zavražděnému kdosi stáhl kůži ze zad, a co je ještě horší, že se jedná o Američana, tajného agenta CIA

Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, but now he is heading out of his comfort zone. Way out. Assigned to the highest-profile case in all Thailand, he is tasked with ending international human-organ trafficking. His hunt will lead him across five countries and will draw in a host of unwitting players, including an aging rock star wearing out his second liver, and his quarry, twin Chinese queenpins of the international body-parts trade known as the Vultures. Meanwhile, there are rumors at home that Sonchai’s wife is having an affair. Although he has always known about her disreputable past, this is something else entirely. Confronting the rumors—and controlling his jealousy—while embroiled in the most contentious case of his career may well be more than this detective’s Buddhist soul can handle.

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.

A plastic bag containing three rotting heads is discovered near the Chinese mainland. The British seem to be keen for the investigation to drag on until after June 1997, the powerful Mr Xian wants a swift conclusion to the case, and the NYPD are taking a curious interest in events.

When the mutilated body of a CIA agent is discovered in District 8 and the killer appears to be a local working girl, Sonchai searches for the truth amid a cover-up orchestrated by his boss, Police Colonel Vikorn.

Sonchai Jitpleecheep--Burdett's inimitable Thai police detective--is summoned to the most shocking and intriguing crime scene of his career. Sonchai is more interested in finding Nirvana than in solving murders, in Burdett's most inventive, darkly comic novel yet.

Die Prostituierte Chanya steht blutverschmiert vor dem Ermittler Sonchai Jitpleecheep und glaubt, einen Mord begangen zu haben. Ein toter Amerikaner, ihr Ex-Freund und CIA-Mitarbeiter, liegt in ihrem Bett. Sonchai und sein Vorgesetzter sind skeptisch und suchen schnell einen Schuldigen, während die CIA einen Terrorakt vermutet.