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.
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