Bangkok Tattoo
Kriminalroman. Jitpleecheep ermittelt in Bangkok (2)
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Beschreibung des Verlags
Die Prostituierte Chanya steht in blutgetränktem Kleid vor dem buddhistischen Ermittler Sonchai Jitpleecheep, die Opiumpfeife noch in der Hand und überzeugt, einen Mord begangen zu haben. In ihrem Bett: ein toter Amerikaner, grausam zugerichtet, Mitarbeiter der CIA und Chanyas Ex-Freund. Doch Sonchai und sein Vorgesetzter glauben nicht daran, dass Chanya mit dem Mord etwas zu tun hat. Um sie zu entlasten, muss ein Schuldiger her, und zwar schnell. Da trifft es sich bestens, dass die CIA nur zu gern an einen Terrorakt glaubt.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Burdett's brilliantly cynical mystery thriller, the follow-up to Bangkok 8 (2004), Royal Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is called in by his supervisor, hard-bitten Captain Vikorn, to investigate the murder of a CIA operative, Mitch Turner, found disemboweled and mutilated. The prime suspect is a beautiful bar girl, Chanya, with whom Sonchai believes himself to be in love. When Turner's murder turns out to be far more complicated than originally thought, Sonchai must deal with his boss's rages and Chanya's gradually revealed secrets, along with CIA agents who have come to investigate the crime, a Thai army general with whom Vikorn has been feuding for years, Yakuza gangsters, Japanese tattooists, Muslim fundamentalists and more. Thoroughly familiar with Thailand, Burdett does an impressive job of depicting an often romanticized society from the inside out. His characters are unforgettable, his dialogue fast-paced and perfectly pitched, his numerous asides and observations generally as cutting as they are funny.
