Since Jimm Juree moved, under duress, with her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she has missed her career as a journalist. In Chiang Mai, she was covering substantial stories and major crimes. But here in Maprao, Jimm has to scrape assignments from the local online journal, the Chumphon Gazette. This time they are sending her out to interview a local farang (European) writer, Conrad Coralbank, who writes award-winning crime novels. At the same time, several local women have left town without a word to anyone, leaving their possessions behind. These include the local doctor, Dr. Sumlak, who never returned from a conference, and the Thai wife of the aforementioned Conrad Coralbank. All of which looks a little suspicious, especially to Jimm’s grandfather, an ex-cop who notices Coralbank’s interest in Jimm with a very jaundiced eye. And now a major storm is brewing. Who knows what it will blow in for Jimm and her family?
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“Narrator Kim Mai Guest captures
the eccentricities of each character and the unique dynamics of the family. The
most notable elements of Guest’s narration include the endearing tone she uses
to portray the mother’s dementia-driven statements; the biting sarcasm of
Jimm’s transgendered sister, who rattles off advice at lightning speed on
everything from love to crime solving; and the eerily calm assurance of Jimm’s
new British boyfriend, who hides a sinister secret. Guest does the story’s
climax proud with one hair-raising scene after another as Jimm waits for the
axe to fall.”
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