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2000s: If you like crime fiction set in Thailand and South East Asia then this is the series of books for you!
2000s: If you like crime fiction set in Thailand and South East Asia then this is the series of books for you!
The story of Jack, an American ex-pat lawyer living in Bangkok with his artist girlfriend, teaching at a small university, he was once a high-flying international lawyer and renowned expert on global money laundering but he has changed all that – or has he?
When a “dead” friend reappears, Jack is keen to help him since he suspected in the disappearance of millions of dollars. Jack offers to help him out and investigate what is going on but he ends up getting sucked right in to the darkest side of Thai society.
Welcome to Bangkok. Bribery, corruption, money laundering and murder. If you thought that Bangkok was going to be a nice little backwater to relax in as Jack did, then you were wrong.
Jack Shepherd is a man fascinated with the society and underbelly of Thai society – and the financial society really comes to life were with descriptions and a real insight in to the shady financial dealings that can occur.
This trail -a paper trail of financial mess – not to mention corruption, shady dealings and a lot worse, takes Jack from Manila to Bangkok to Hong Kong and the resort island of Phuket. Will this trail have ties to his life in Washington, USA which he thought he had left behind for good? It may even lead to places he would never have imagined in his wildest nightmares.
Twitter: @JakeNeedham
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