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Karla | 2/16/2014
" Great writing and very entertaining plots. I enjoy the glimpse in a different culture - but wonder how much of it is common, or if his Bangkok is more like Hiaasen's Florida - entertaining but not what most people experience. "
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Rick F. | 2/16/2014
" quite a fun and facinating read- great local and really involves the reader (the narrator addresses us throughout the book as DFR...you have to read book to understand what DFR means!) quite a good entry in a very good series! "
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Adrian | 1/30/2014
" Eh. These books are losing steam. "
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Pamela | 1/30/2014
" I enjoy this series with Bangkok policeman Sonchai Jitpleecheep - fascinating glimpses of Thai culture. Sometimes a bit rough. "
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Boris | 1/6/2014
" Due out in US in January. The best so far of Burdett's five Sonchai Jitpleecheep novels. To read them is to experience the pleasures of Bangkok without the jet lag (ok, well, not all the pleasures....) "
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Mary Ahlgren | 1/4/2014
" Enthralling but kind of gross to say the least. Makes one think about issues raised by medical technology. "
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Bill | 12/20/2013
" 3.75 but I will round it off. Mr. Burdett has a lot to say about globalism and the plot has more frightening possibilities than "Coma" did. This series keeps getting better. "
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Susan | 12/3/2013
" I am a big fan of this series. Light reading, great for vacations. "
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Daniel Milano | 4/13/2013
" The usual John Burdett fare: hookers, ladyboys, psychos and clueless americans. I am giving it 2 starts because I happen to be in a good mood today. Tomorrow, it might have been 1 star, but never 3 stars. "
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Mark Levine | 3/27/2013
" His best yet.From a plausible thesis concerning the black market for organ transplants we get comments on religion(eastern vs. western)logic politics paranormal events Aristotelian logic the sex trade happiness freedom etc. "
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Benjamin Plume | 3/11/2013
" wow, I need some time to digest that one. True to the excellence of the previous books. Sonchai Jitpleecheep might be the best character in detective fiction, and the pacing is so smooth that it seems Burdett must never hit a snag when writing. Brilliant all around. "
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Carrie | 1/24/2013
" I'm sure I've missed most of this story, but what I got, I love. I really enjoy this series. "
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Ellen | 1/21/2013
" I'm admitting to liking his Bangkok books as a nice break, but this one was too eye-opening and gruesome for me. I had to put it away. Anybody know anything about the international black market in human organs? I don't want to talk about it yet. "
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Christine | 11/3/2012
" Another great installment in the Bangkok series - as with the others Sonchai is struggling to balance his Buddha faith with the strange world of crime he must fight as a successful detective. These books are full of very colorful characters. "
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Will Mayo | 10/10/2012
" A crime thriller containing elements of black market trafficking in human organs, politics, and the darker side of love, it read well. Boy, was it tough though! Enjoyed - "
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Craig White | 10/8/2012
" Not very good at all "
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Patricia Geller | 9/12/2012
" I have enjoyed the Burdett series about a Buddist detective but the stories are becoming too similar. "
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Sallyaslibrarian | 8/7/2012
" Finished my advanced reader copy. Review in Library Journal in October. "
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Linda | 7/13/2012
" I really have enjoyed reading this series of books. Truthfully the first three were the best of the lot, still I like the characters and the setting. "
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Catherine Woodman | 4/26/2012
" I find this series to be a little long on the seamier side of life without a balance that makes such gutter slugging worthwhile. I do like the fact that the series is set in Thailand, but the more of them I read, the less that that is enough for me. "
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Noreen Ackerman | 3/4/2012
" Slow start but satisfying ending. "
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