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BANGKOK EIGHT by JOHN BURDETT

2003 / Asia / Crime / Far East / Fiction / Reviews / Thailand itemprop="discussionURL"1 comment

There is such a delight in discovering (admittedly well after everyone else) a fabulous new detective hero, and after reading “Bangkok Eight” I am a fan, a firm, verging-on-embarrassingly-enthusiastic fan of Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Sonchai Jitpleecheep is an unusual Bangkok cop. For one thing he is only half Thai. For another …

The Sheriff of Bombay by H.R.F.Keating

1984 / Asia / Crime / Fiction / India / Reviews / Subcontinent itemprop="discussionURL"Leave a comment

After a bout of reading good but rather heavy book club books, I felt like some mental time out. But, for no particular reason, I wanted Indian mental time out, and so it was with a feeling of great relaxation that I re-read H.R.F Keating’s “The Sheriff of Bombay.” I …