John Burdett
1) Vulture peak
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Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
285 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep organizes a massive sting operation to end human organ trafficking in Thailand, an effort that is complicated by an aging rock star with liver disease and rumors about Sonchai's ex-prostitute wife.
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Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Sonchai Jitpleecheep--the brash and beguiling Royal Thai Police Force detective who has been our guide through John Burdett's five previous acclaimed Bangkok novels--is back. The former monk and devout Buddhist, forever battling to protect his karma from the assaults of morally compromising cases, is now faced with the most horrifying technological innovation to make its way to the streets of Bangkok, and a conspiracy of almost unfathomable reach....
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Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 25 cm.
Author
Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
301 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
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.
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Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Sonchai Jitpleecheep--John Burdett's inimitable Royal Thai Police detective with the hard-bitten demeanor and the Buddhist soul--is summoned to the most shocking and intriguing crime scene of his career. Solving the murder could mean a promotion, but Sonchai, reeling from a personal tragedy, is more interested in Tietsin, an exiled Tibetan lama based in Kathmandu who has become his guru--and has forty million dollars' worth of heroin for sale.
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Als Polizist im berüchtigten achten Bezirk von Bangkok hat Sonchai Jitpleecheep schon viel gesehen. Kein Verbrechen aber hat ihn je an der menschlichen Spezies zweifeln lassen. Doch Sonchai spürt, dass er in diesem Augenblick ein solches Verbrechen mit ansehen muss: Im abgedunkelten Raum der Polizeistation läuft ein Snuff-Movie. Und die junge Frau, die in diesem mörderischen Film vor seinen Augen getötet wird, ist niemand anderes als Damrong,...