Bangkok 8 by John Burdett

What book am I reading now ? Bangkok 8 has been an interesting read where it was written by a foreigner (known as farang in Thailand) but within the context of Thailand. The book is basically a murder mystery with a Thai detective (incidentally, he’s half-farang and speaks excellent English and French) trying to resolve it. Throw in a beautiful FBI agent, a katoey (transvestite), some Bangkok scene and you have an interesting thriller. Of course, the book will do no justice if the writer didn’t add some elements of spiritual, hantus (ghost), devil and loads of snakes. If you’re going into your next book and haven’t read this one, go for it. Otherwise, you can also go for the new one, Bangkok Tattoo, written by the same author, John Burdett.