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The Happiness of Kati

The Happiness of Kati
  • Author(s): Jane Vejjajiva
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Nine-year-old Kati has always lived with her grandparents in the house by the river. Every day she goes to school, brings offerings to the monks, and plays with Tong, the abbot’s nephew. She is happy enough, but something —...

The Journal

The Journal
  • Author(s): R D Stevens
  • Location(s): Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 2000s

Ethan Willis is a confused 18 year old who struggles with the uncertainties of life and has embarked on a quest to find his elder sister, Charlotte, who disappeared whilst travelling in South East Asia. Ethan admires and idolises...

The Last Executioner

The Last Executioner
  • Author(s): Chavoret Jaruboon
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1990s / early 21st century

Chavoret Jaruboon was personally responsible for executing 55 prison inmates in Thailand’s infamous prisons. As a boy, he wanted to be a teacher like his father, but his life changed when he chose one of the hardest jobs in...

The Little Book of Sanuk: The Thai Secret to a More Joyful Life

The Little Book of Sanuk: The Thai Secret to a More Joyful Life
  • Author(s): Karen Sinotok
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

We all need a little more sanuk in our lives Sanuk is a Thai concept that can loosely be translated as meaning ‘fun’. Though sanuk is in fact much more than that; it’s about achieving pleasure and joy in...

The Lonely Hearts Travel Club (Destination Thailand

The Lonely Hearts Travel Club (Destination Thailand
  • Author(s): Katy Colins
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Mderner

Instead of slipping on her something borrowed and tripping up the aisle to wedded bliss, Georgia spends her big day crying into a warm Sex-on-the-Beach, wondering where it all went wrong. Forced to make a bucket list of her...

The Monsoon Ghost Image

The Monsoon Ghost Image
  • Author(s): Tom Vater
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

The third Detective Maier mystery is a taut and crazy spy thriller for our disturbing times. When award-winning German conflict photographer Martin Ritter disappears in a boating accident in Thailand, the nation mourns the loss of a cultural icon....

The One Day You Were My Husband

The One Day You Were My Husband
  • Author(s): Rosie Walsh
  • Location(s): England, Stockholm, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): early 2000s

FOUR HOURS AFTER SAYING ‘I DO,’ HE WAS GONE . . . Twelve years ago, Carrie married Johan on a beach in Thailand. But as the sun set on their perfect day, armed men swarmed the island and her...

The Secret of the Purple Lake

The Secret of the Purple Lake
  • Author(s): Yaba Badoe, Gbolahan Adams (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Ghana, Norway, Orkney Islands, Spain, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in...

The Suspect

The Suspect
  • Author(s): Fiona Barton
  • Location(s): Thailand, Hampshire
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared? Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can...

The Trip

The Trip
  • Author(s): Sarah Linley
  • Location(s): Thailand, Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

It should have been paradise. But it turned into hell… It was supposed to be the perfect trip. Four friends, fresh out of university, backpacking around Thailand. But among the sun, sea and sand, something went horribly wrong… In...

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