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2000s: Book four in the Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries
The Godfather of Kathmandu
What you need to know before your trail
Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is summoned to investigate the most shocking murder of his career. He could get a promotion if he solves the case but Sonchai is more interested in Tietsin, an exiled Tibetan lama living in Kathmandu.
However the path to enlightenment is not going to be an easy one. Police Colonel Vikorn and Army General Zinna are at war again for control over Bangkok’s network of illegal enterprises – and Tietsin has forty million dollars’ worth of heroin for sale.
Sonchai is at the middle of something very dangerous and unstable indeed.
Travel Guide
Bangkok
The bustling city of intrigue and more. From the central and chaotic Sukhumvit road, this is where the mystery described as the psychedelic peep show takes place ”On Bangkok murder squads, inspiration and paranoia are Siamese twins joined at the hip for life
Families in the novel maintain mob connections and “run the triad’s secret banking system which may sit in Bangkok but which has its tentacles all over the Pacific Rim. Most of the capital came from opium in the 30s…”
Nepal
A town of mystery, a place deep in the heart of the Himalayas and where the mountain climbers start their journey to Mont Everest
A tour of Freak Street (Where their guesthouse is in the novel)
“Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix were both still alive, their work formed the sound track to a social experiment which began in San Francisco but as much better tolerated here, where the dope market was a significant segment of the economy”
“Women in shawls squat over gigantic melons, carrots, radishes, and other vegetables of such outlandish size that you wonder if the whole Kathmandu Valley hasn’t been magically modified.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Godfather of Kathmandu
Author/Guide: John Burdett Destination: Bangkok, Kathmandu Departure Time: 2000s
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