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Jimm Juree mysteries volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Forced to relocate to rural Thailand with her eccentric family, crime reporter Jimm Juree fears that her career is over until the bodies of two hippies are discovered in a local farmer's field and a Buddhist abbot is murdered, a case that implicates a monk and a nun.
Author
Series
Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The quiet Bangkok family life of American travel-writer Poke Rafferty, wife Rose, and daughter Miaow is threatened when a man from Rose's past forces Poke to uncover the whole truth about his wife's former life in a red-light district.
4) Bangkok 8
Author
Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bangkok policeman Sonchai Jitplecheep investigates the murder of an African American Marine sergeant and the subsequent death of his partner, making his way through a world of illicit drugs and corruption to find a vicious killer.
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Finding himself embracing domestic life in Bangkok in spite of his love for adventurous travel, writer Poke Rafferty has his world thrown into turmoil by a troubled homeless youth, a distraught woman's missing uncle, and a blackmailing thief.
6) Vulture peak
Author
Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep organizes a massive sting operation to end human organ trafficking in Thailand, an effort that is complicated by an aging rock star with liver disease and rumors about Sonchai's ex-prostitute wife.
Author
Publisher
Bala Kids, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Young Bodhi feels overwhelmed when she and her mother first arrive in Bangkok, Thailand, but after quieting her mind and participating in local customs, she feels she belongs there. Includes facts about Bangkok, list of common words, and a seek-and-find activity.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Description
What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when this forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? This is a tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Noi worries that she will have to stop painting the silk umbrellas her family sells at the market near their Thai village and be forced to join her older sister in difficult work at a local factory instead.
10) Night prayers
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A Colombian philosophy student is arrested in Bangkok, accused of drug trafficking. He risks the death penalty and longs for his distant sister Juana. During their childhood, Juana promised to do everything to protect him from the drug- and violence-infested streets of Bogota. But when things spun out of control she was forced to flee, leaving her brother behind. Their story reaches the ears of the Colombian consul general in New Delhi, who takes...
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 77
Publisher
Wanderer Books
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
Description
The Hardy brothers travel to an Arizona ranch and eventually, Thailand in pursuit of jewel thieves who have stolen a priceless ruby.
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ben and Lulu are recruited by the Secret World Adventure Team for a mission in Bangkok, Thailand, where they help a cook prepare special treats for the Queen's party at the Grand Palace.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Vincent Calvino, a disbarred American lawyer working as a private investigator in Bangkok, finds himself without funds and under suspicion when a client dies of a heart attack without paying him and a woman is found dead in the massage parlor below his apartment; matters do not improve when he is hired by a group of women who learn that Bangkok is the city where husbands are most likely to stray, and hire Calvino to trail their spouses.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Description
When Jimm Juree's mother sold the family house and invested in a rundown 'holiday camp' at the southern end of Thailand on the Gulf of Siam, the family had little choice but to follow. Jimm Juree, who was well on her way to achieving her goal of becoming the primary crime reporter for the major daily newspaper in Chiang Mai, is less than thrilled to have lost her job as a reporter and to be stuck in the middle of nowhere where little of interest happens....
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In Chiang Mai, Thailand, nine-year-old Tua releases an abused elephant from its chains--can she complete the rescue by getting it to an elephant refuge without being caught herself?.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Missing her former life after moving to rural Southern Thailand, Jimm Juree catches the eye of a successful European writer against a backdrop of a serial murder case, an imminent major storm, and her ex-cop grandfather's disapproval.
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Thailand, 1996: Supot, a postman with the Royal Thai Postal Service, hates his job. The only bright light in his life is watching classic movies with his best friend, Ali, the owner of a video store. These cinephiles adore the charisma of the old Western stars, particularly the actresses, and bemoan the state of modern Thai cinema-until a mysterious cassette, entitled Bangkok 2010, arrives at Ali's store. Bangkok 2010 is a dystopian film set in a...
18) Gold by the inch
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A romance between a New York man and a male prostitute in Thailand. The visitor is an American of Asian descent and he is on a rebound from a failed romance with a lover. A tale of sex and debauchery in Bangkok.
19) Bangkok Haunts
Author
Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Sonchai Jitpleecheep, the devout Buddhist Royal Thai Police detective, returns in this novel. He has seen virtually everything in his beat in Bangkok's District 8, but nothing like the video he's been sent anonymously. He has just viewed a snuff film.
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