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John Burdett is a former lawyer who worked in Hong Kong until he found his true vocation as a writer. An Englishman by birth, he has lived in France and Spain, and is now back in the Far East. His previous novels, Bangkok Eight, Bangkok Haunts and Bangkok Tattoo, which also feature Sonchai Jitpleecheep, are also available as Corgi paperbacks.
Burdett's fever-dream mysteries recast the police procedural as psychedelic peep show. -- The New Yorker John Burdett is writing the most exciting set of crime novels in the world. -- The Oregonian Godfather is written with Burdett's characteristic zest, serving up pungent slices of Bangkok's bazaars and waterways. -- The Boston Globe A Thai tale of corruption, mayhem and intrigue. -- San Francisco Chronicle It is the mordant wit of his exhaustively observant 'monk manque' hero that fuels this blissful and dexterous book. -- Houston Chronicle This is a novel brimming with observations and arguments, with absurdity and jokes . . . Witty, learned, and wild. -- The Washington Post Book World The spiciest yet of Burdett's exotic dishes. -- The Times (London) Burdett's latest mystery is delightfully ambiguous, like life itself. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Block out several hours to read it in one sitting.o Burdett's fever-dream mysteries recast the police procedural as psychedelic peep show. -- The New Yorker John Burdett is writing the most exciting set of crime novels in the world. -- Portland Oregonian Godfather is written with Burdett's characteristic zest, serving up pungent slices of Bangkok's bazaars and waterways. -- Boston Globe [A] Thai tale of corruption, mayhem and intrigue. -- San Francisco Chronicle It is the mordant wit of his exhaustively observant 'monk manque' hero that fuels this blissful and dexterous book. -- Houston Chronicle This is a novel brimming with observations and arguments, with absurdity and jokes . . . Witty, learned, and wild. -- Washington Post Book World The spiciest yet of Bu
