Tuesday, April 6, 2021

May 2021 Book Selection

Join the North Providence Mystery Book Club on Tuesday May 4, 2021. We will be reading, Bangkok 8 by John Burdett. This is the first book featuring the detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, who lives and works in the Southeast Asian city of Bangkok, Thailand. His character stands out because he is one of the only policemen who is not corrupt.

 The book description from the publisher’s website is, “Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep—a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I.—is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner’s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution and priceless art, Sonchai’s quest for vengeance takes him into a world much more sinister than he could have ever imagined.”

We will meet using the Zoom app at 6:30 pm. For more information and link, call Sara at the Reference Desk. 353-5600 ext. 809.