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The Corruptionist

The Corruptionist
  • Author(s): Christopher G Moore
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Set during the recent turbulent times in Thailand, the 11th novel in the Calvino series centers around the street demonstrations and occupation of Government House in Bangkok. Hired by an American businessman, Calvino finds himself caught in the middle...

The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison

The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison
  • Author(s): Warren Fellows
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1970s/1980s

In 1978, Warren Fellows was convicted in Thailand of heroin trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Damage Done is his story of an unthinkable nightmare in a place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious...

The Hottest Place

The Hottest Place
  • Author(s): Tabitha Flyte
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Abigail is having a great time relaxing on a hot and steamy tropical island in Thailand. She tries to stay faithful to her boyfriend back in England, but it isn’t easy when a variety of attractive, fun-loving young people...

The Ming Inheritance

The Ming Inheritance
  • Author(s): T Hunt Locke
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Historical and Modern

A six hundred year old legend brought to life~a heart stopping race against history…Phitsanulok, October 1465 AD. The long lost Ming Emperor Jianwen is secretly and finally laid to rest in the northern reaches of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. An...

The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl
  • Author(s): Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Cli-fi
  • Era(s): Future

Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen’s calorie representative in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, he combs Bangkok’s street markets in search of foodstuffs long thought to be extinct. There he meets the windup girl – the...

Welcome to Hell: One Man’s Fight for Life Inside the Bangkok Hilton

Welcome to Hell: One Man’s Fight for Life Inside the Bangkok Hilton
  • Author(s): Colin Martin
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Family man Colin Martin runs into trouble and the upshot is – jail in Bangkok, where he has to face a corrupt legal system and mistreatment of inmates. A truly scary and rivetting read.

Bangkok Haunts

Bangkok Haunts
  • Author(s): John Burdett
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep has seen just about everything on his beat in Bangkok’s crime-riddled District 8. But the terrifying snuff movie he’s been sent anonymously is something else: the person who dies is Damrong, the beautiful woman he once...

Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors
  • Author(s): B A Paris
  • Location(s): Surrey, Bangkok, London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult,...

Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Break Out of the Bangkok Hilton

Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Break Out of the Bangkok Hilton
  • Author(s): David McMillan
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Reality of life in a Thai prison

The Risk of Infidelity Index

The Risk of Infidelity Index
  • Author(s): Christopher G Moore
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2000s

In the Land of Smiles, things are rarely as they seem. Calvino, an outsider, is fighting hypocrisy, prejudice and corruption

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