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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Location(s): Prague, Geneva, Thailand, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
In this novel – a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities – Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century ‘Being’ In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world...
- Location(s): Thailand, The Philippines
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Various
Timothy Mo’s first novel in a decade is set within the battle for secession in the Muslim regions of southern Thailand.It’s narrated for the most part by Snooky, a Thai Ladyboy. Pure covers epic expanses of time and is...
- Location(s): Exmoor, Finland, Koh Phi Phi, Krabi, Serbia, The Outback
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Late 1900s through 2004 to 2014
How far would you go for the one you love the most? A stormy love affair. A secret. A discovery that changes everything … Louise Fenton flies to a devastated Thailand to search for her mother, missing following the...
- Location(s): Bangkok
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Late 1990s
A Killing Smile is a simple but deep story about the aftermath of events following the death of a successful Los Angeles attorney’s wife. Lost, confused, and angry, Lawrence Baring, Esq. goes to Bangkok and confronts Tuttle–the man his...
- Location(s): Bangkok
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Travel writer Poke Rafferty was good at looking for trouble – so good that he made a little money writing a few offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored. But that was before Bangkok stole his heart....
- Location(s): Thailand
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Retired Vancouver Police officer Sam Watson has little use for religion. When his only son, Jeff, commits to missionary service in Thailand, Sam is understandably upset. An uneasy long distance relationship continues until the unthinkable happens, Jeff is murdered....
- Location(s): Bangkok, Dubai, Hong Kong
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Jack Shepherd is sick of Washington politics, sick of corporate law, and even a little sick of himself. So he hits the road looking for a new start, makes a couple of wrong turns, and winds up in Hong...
- Location(s): Bangkok
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
A pseudo-Buddhist monk, an illegal immigrant, a bipolar teenager and a quixotic pair of young businessmen are all bound by Eastern Vision, an empire selling everything from faux-Eastern objets to real estate, from client-centred sperm-donation to gypsy magic. A...
Bangkok Bob and The Missing Mormon
- Location(s): Bangkok
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Long-term Bangkok resident and former New Orleans cop Bob Turtledove has a knack for getting people out of difficult situations. So when a young man from Utah goes missing in Bangkok, his parents are soon knocking on Bob’s door...
- Location(s): Chiang Mai
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1990s
Australian Jayne Keeney works as a PI in Bangkok. Shaken by a serious incident, she heads north to visit her close friend Didier in Chiang Mai, though there’s no relief for her there. Murder is in the air and...
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